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dote

 (dōt)
intr.v. dot·ed, dot·ing, dotes
To show excessive fondness or love: doted on their only child.

[Middle English doten.]

dot′er n.
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dote

(dəʊt) or now rarely

doat

vb (intr)
1. (foll by: on or upon) to love to an excessive or foolish degree
2. to be foolish or weak-minded, esp as a result of old age
[C13: related to Middle Dutch doten to be silly, Norwegian dudra to shake]
ˈdoter, now rarely ˈdoater n
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dote

(doʊt)

v. dot•ed, dot•ing,
n. v.i.
1. to bestow or express excessive fondness (usu. fol. by on).
2. to be weak-minded or foolish, esp. associated with old age.
[1175–1225; Middle English: to behave foolishly, become feeble-minded; c. Middle Dutch doten]
dot′er, n.
dot′ing•ly, adv.
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dote


Past participle: doted
Gerund: doting

Imperative
dote
dote
Present
I dote
you dote
he/she/it dotes
we dote
you dote
they dote
Preterite
I doted
you doted
he/she/it doted
we doted
you doted
they doted
Present Continuous
I am doting
you are doting
he/she/it is doting
we are doting
you are doting
they are doting
Present Perfect
I have doted
you have doted
he/she/it has doted
we have doted
you have doted
they have doted
Past Continuous
I was doting
you were doting
he/she/it was doting
we were doting
you were doting
they were doting
Past Perfect
I had doted
you had doted
he/she/it had doted
we had doted
you had doted
they had doted
Future
I will dote
you will dote
he/she/it will dote
we will dote
you will dote
they will dote
Future Perfect
I will have doted
you will have doted
he/she/it will have doted
we will have doted
you will have doted
they will have doted
Future Continuous
I will be doting
you will be doting
he/she/it will be doting
we will be doting
you will be doting
they will be doting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been doting
you have been doting
he/she/it has been doting
we have been doting
you have been doting
they have been doting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been doting
you will have been doting
he/she/it will have been doting
we will have been doting
you will have been doting
they will have been doting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been doting
you had been doting
he/she/it had been doting
we had been doting
you had been doting
they had been doting
Conditional
I would dote
you would dote
he/she/it would dote
we would dote
you would dote
they would dote
Past Conditional
I would have doted
you would have doted
he/she/it would have doted
we would have doted
you would have doted
they would have doted
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.dote - be foolish or senile due to old age
senesce, age, maturate, mature, get on - grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
2.dote - shower with love; show excessive affection for; "Grandmother dotes on her the twins"
love - have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him"
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Translations
مُغْرَم، مَفْتون بِ
viset nazbláznit se do
forgudetilbede
jumaloida
sjá ekki sólina fyrir
negalėti atsidžiaugti
dievinātļoti mīlēt
aşırı düşkün olmak

dote

[dəʊt] VI to dote onadorar, chochear por
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dote

(dəut) : dote on
to be fond of to an extent which is foolish. He just dotes on that child!
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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A respondent from Doti described the high degree of influence of political patronage over the decisions concerning the health facility management and operations.
After the police entered the incident in the police blotter, Robert was brought to the hospital for treatment of his wound,while Doti called up Rod who was interviewed by the police investigator about the personal circumstances of his father.
Durazzo, nobile genovese la cui famiglia diede alla citta ligure ben nove dogi, era arrivato alia corte di Vienna come ambasciatore ma qui, piu che per le doti diplomatiche, eccelse come esperto di teatro e come promotore di spettacoli.
non gli mancassero doti di maestro, comunicativitAaAaAeA cordialitAaAaAeA , fiuto degli interessi altrui, della intorno." Tuttavia studi recenti, come quello di Laurence BoulAaAaAeA?g (Nifo, 2003) e l'ampio contributo di Ennio De Bellis sul De re aulica (Nifo, 2010), sembrano indicare una rivalutazione dell'importanza del suo pensiero.
Kathmandu: Nine people were killed and seven injured when their vehicle plunged into a 500-metre deep gorge in Doti district of Nepal, police said on Saturday.
Krishna Bhakta Pokhrel, one of the lawmakers from the bill's drafting committee, said, "People will be discouraged to follow this discriminatory custom due to fear of punishment." However, a female parliamentarian from Doti, a district where the practice is still prevalent, commented, "Fear of punishment will not stop people from following this custom which relegates women as impure during menstruation." She herself was forced to practise the custom and has claimed that educating women about good hygiene must take place for the law to be truly effective.
Finally, in regards to shopping trips, some have tried to investigate the relationship between shopping frequency and shoppers' demographic characteristics, Doti and Sharir (Doti and Sharir, 1981), Blaylock (Blaylock, 1989) and Bawa and Ghosh (Kim and Park, 1998).
The most frequently affected districts from the tax and donation related market obstructions were Darchula, Achham, Baitadi, Bajhang, Bajura, Dadeldhura and Doti of Far Western region and Dailekh, Dolpa, Humla, Jajarkot, Jumla, Kalikot, Mugu, Puthyan, Rolpa, Rukum, Salyan, and Surkhet from Mid-Western region (WFP-FAO 2007) and Chtwan of central region (Upreti, 2006).
For 38 years, he delivered Chapman University Economic Forecasts with Jim Doti, a fellow economist who is now the university's president.