Dotest vs. Detest

Dotestverb

en-archaic second-person singular of dote

Detestverb

(transitive) To dislike intensely; to loathe.

‘I detest snakes.’;

Detestverb

To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.

Detestverb

To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.

‘The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the Eastern churches.’; ‘God hath detested them with his own mouth.’;

Detestverb

To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil.

‘Who dares think one thing, and another tell,My heart detests him as the gates of hell.’;

Detestverb

dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards;

‘I hate Mexican food’; ‘She detests politicians’;