dote

[ doht ]

/ doʊt /

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verb (used without object), dot·ed, dot·ing.Also doat .

to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually (usually followed by on or upon): They dote on their youngest daughter.

to show a decline of mental faculties, especially associated with old age.

noun

decay of wood.

Origin of dote

1175–1225; Middle English doten “to behave foolishly, become feeble-minded”; cognate with Middle Dutch doten

OTHER WORDS FROM dote

doter, noun

Words nearby dote

dotation, dot ball, dot-com, dotcommer, dot-coms, dote, do tell, dot etching, doth, Dothan, do the dishes

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Example sentences from the Web for dote

We dote on goodness when it is ours and when we are allowed to put some punch into it.
Crowds|Gerald Stanley Lee
It is most wonderful that she should so dote on Benedick, whom she in all outward behaviour seemed ever to dislike.
Tales from Shakespeare|Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb
But the General really had reason to dote upon these shirts.
Tenting on the Plains|Elizabeth B. Custer
I did not know what love was, and I never intended to dote, like my poor master.
Lazarre|Mary Hartwell Catherwood

All this is nothing; because all these men, and thousands of others, dote upon you.
The Letters of Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens

British Dictionary definitions for dote

dote

now rarely doat

/ (dəʊt) /

verb (intr)

(foll by on or upon) to love to an excessive or foolish degree

to be foolish or weak-minded, esp as a result of old age

Derived forms of dote

doter or now rarely doater, noun

Word Origin for dote

C13: related to Middle Dutch doten to be silly, Norwegian dudra to shake

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	dote
释义	dote [ doht ] / doʊt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dote ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used without object), dot·ed, dot·ing.Also doat . to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually (usually followed by on or upon): They dote on their youngest daughter. to show a decline of mental faculties, especially associated with old age. noun decay of wood. Origin of dote 1175–1225; Middle English doten “to behave foolishly, become feeble-minded”; cognate with Middle Dutch doten OTHER WORDS FROM dote doter, noun Words nearby dote dotation, dot ball, dot-com, dotcommer, dot-coms, dote, do tell, dot etching, doth, Dothan, do the dishes Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dote We dote on goodness when it is ours and when we are allowed to put some punch into it. Crowds\|Gerald Stanley Lee It is most wonderful that she should so dote on Benedick, whom she in all outward behaviour seemed ever to dislike. Tales from Shakespeare\|Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb But the General really had reason to dote upon these shirts. Tenting on the Plains\|Elizabeth B. Custer I did not know what love was, and I never intended to dote, like my poor master. Lazarre\|Mary Hartwell Catherwood All this is nothing; because all these men, and thousands of others, dote upon you. The Letters of Charles Dickens\|Charles Dickens British Dictionary definitions for dote dote now rarely doat / (dəʊt) / verb (intr) (foll by on or upon) to love to an excessive or foolish degree to be foolish or weak-minded, esp as a result of old age Derived forms of dote doter or now rarely doater, noun Word Origin for dote C13: related to Middle Dutch doten to be silly, Norwegian dudra to shake Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to dote fawn, cherish, praise, nurture, flatter, adulate, brown-nose, blandish, cajole
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dote

verb (used without object), dot·ed, dot·ing.Also doat .

noun

Origin of dote

OTHER WORDS FROM dote

Words nearby dote

Example sentences from the Web for dote

British Dictionary definitions for dote

now rarely doat

verb (intr)

Derived forms of dote

Word Origin for dote

Words related to dote