Dote

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  • intransitive verb. To show excessive fondness or love.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as dot.
  • noun. plural Natural gifts or endowments.
  • noun. Decay or rot in timber.
  • noun. A dotard.
  • noun. A state of stupor; dotage.
  • To endow; give as endowment.
  • To be stupid; act like a fool.
  • To be silly or weak-minded from age; have the intellect impaired by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers.
  • To bestow excessive love; lavish extravagant fondness or liking: with on or upon: as, to dote on a sweetheart; he dotes upon oysters.
  • To decay, as a tree.
  • To love to excess.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To act foolishly.
  • intransitive verb. To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel.
  • intransitive verb. To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon.
  • noun. An imbecile; a dotard.
  • noun. A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st dot, n.
  • noun. Natural endowments.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To be excessively fond of.
  • verb. To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
  • noun. A darling, a cutie.
  • noun. An imbecile; a dotard.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. be foolish or senile due to old age
  • verb. shower with love; show excessive affection for
  • Word Usage
    ""Then you won't have another chance to get a mess of those trout you just 'dote' on.""
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    age  get on  love  maturate  mature  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Capote  Choate  Vote  afloat  bloat  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    assi  costumbre  cubat  doat  drouth  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    dot  
    verb-form
    doted  dotes  doting