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Webster 1913 Edition

Dote

Dote

,
Noun.
[See
Dot
dowry.]
1.
A marriage portion.
[Obs.]
See 1st
Dot
,
Noun.
Wyatt.
2.
pl.
Natural endowments.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

Dote

,
Verb.
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[GREEK]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.]
He wol make him
doten
anon right.
Chaucer.
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.
Time has made you
dote
, and vainly tell
Of arms imagined in your lonely cell.
Dryden.
He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and
doted
long before he died.
South.
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
.
Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will
dote
.
Shakespeare
What dust we
dote
on, when ’t is man we love.
Pope.

Dote

,
Noun.
An imbecile; a dotard.
Halliwell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dote

DOTE

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To be delirious; to have the intellect impaired by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to be silly.
Time has made you dote, and vainly tell of arms imagined in your lonely cell.
2.
To be excessively in love; usually with on or upon; to dote on, is to love to excess or extravagance.
What dust we dote on, when tis man we love.
Aholah dotes on her lovers, the Assyrians. Ezekiel 23.
3.
To decay.

Definition 2024

dote

dote

See also: doté

English

Alternative forms

Verb

dote ‎(third-person singular simple present dotes, present participle doting, simple past and past participle doted)

  1. (intransitive, usually with on) To be excessively fond of.
    Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him.
  2. (intransitive, archaic) To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
    • Dryden
      Time has made you dote, and vainly tell / Of arms imagined in your lonely cell.
    • South
      He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.

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Derived terms

Translations

Noun

dote ‎(plural dotes)

  1. (Ireland) A darling, a cutie.
    • Ted’s daughter is such a dote.
  2. (obsolete) An imbecile; a dotard.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔt/

Verb

dote

  1. first-person singular present indicative of doter
  2. third-person singular present indicative of doter
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of doter
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of doter
  5. second-person singular imperative of doter

Italian

Etymology

From Latin dōs, dotem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.te/

Noun

dote f ‎(plural doti)

  1. dowry
  2. gift (2), talent (3)

Latin

Noun

dōte

  1. ablative singular of dōs

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dos

Noun

dote m (plural dotes)

  1. foundation (legacy constituting a permanent fund of a charity)
  2. dowry (property or payment given at time of marriage)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dōs, dotis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.te/
  • Rhymes: -ote

Noun

dote f ‎(plural dotes)

  1. dowry
  2. talent

Related terms

Verb

dote

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dotar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dotar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dotar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of dotar.

Venetian

Noun

dote

  1. plural of dota

Etymology

From Old English doten; compare to Germanic dotten, "to be foolish".

Pronunciation

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