Dote

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To show excessive fondness or love: parents who dote on their only child.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To be excessively fond of.
  • v. To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
  • n. A darling, a cutie.
  • n. An imbecile; a dotard.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st dot, n.
  • n. Natural endowments.
  • verb-intransitive. To act foolishly.
  • verb-intransitive. To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel.
  • verb-intransitive. To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon.
  • n. An imbecile; a dotard.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • n. A dotard.
  • n. A state of stupor; dotage.
  • n. Same as dot.
  • n. plural Natural gifts or endowments.
  • To endow; give as endowment.
  • n. Decay or rot in timber.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be foolish or senile due to old age
  • v. shower with love; show excessive affection for
  • Verb Form
    doted    dotes    doting   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    senesce    maturate    mature    age    get on    love   
    Variant
    dot   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    drivel    imbecile    dotard    love    adore   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Capote    Choate    Vote    afloat    bloat    boat    capote    choate    coat    connote   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    doat    drouth    embitter    hurto    quæ    assi    matan    pagauan    pergam    costumbre