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 Definitions for Dote: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Dote \Dote\, n. [See Dot dowry.]
1. A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n. --Wyatt.
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2. pl. Natural endowments. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Dote \Dote\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Doted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Doting.] [OE. doten; akin to OD. doten, D. dutten, to doze,
Icel. dotta to nod from sleep, MHG. t?zen to keep still: cf.
F. doter, OF. radoter (to dote, rave, talk idly or
senselessly), which are from the same source.] [Written also
doat.]
1. To act foolishly. [Obs.]
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He wol make him doten anon right. --Chaucer.
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2. To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the
intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind
wanders or wavers; to drivel.
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Time has made you dote, and vainly tell
Of arms imagined in your lonely cell. --Dryden.
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He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated,
and doted long before he died. --South.
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3. To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to
be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon; as, the mother
dotes on her child.
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Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote. --Shak.
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What dust we dote on, when 't is man we love. --
Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Dote \Dote\, n.
An imbecile; a dotard. --Halliwell.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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dote
v 1: be foolish or senile due to old age
2: shower with love; show excessive affection for; "Grandmother
dotes on her the twins"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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34 Moby Thesaurus words for "dote":
adore, babble, be fond of, be insane, be stupid, blather, blither,
burble, coddle, dither, drivel, drool, enjoy, fancy, have a demon,
hold dear, idolize, indulge, like, love, make much of, maunder,
pamper, rage, ramble, rant, rave, run amok, run mad, slaver,
slobber, spoil, wander, worship
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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DOTE, Span. law. The property which the wife gives to the husband on account
of marriage.
2. It is divided into adventitia and profectitia; the former is the
dote which the father or grandfather, or other of the ascendants in the
direct paternal line, give of their own property to the husband; the latter
(adventitia) is that property which the wife gives to the husband, or that
which is given to him for her by her mother, or her collateral relations, or
a stranger. Aso & Man. Inst. B. 1, t. 7, c . 1, Sec. i.
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