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Webster 1913 Edition
Doter
Dot′er
,Noun.
1.
One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard.
Burton.
2.
One excessively fond, or weak in love.
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Doter
DOTER
,Noun.
1.
One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard.2.
One who is excessively fond, or weakly in love.Definition 2024
doter
doter
See also: dôter
French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin dōtāre, present active infinitive of dōtō. Doublet of douer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔ.te/
Verb
doter
- (transitive) to endow, donate
- (transitive) to fund
- L'école accueille 170 élèves dans des salles propres mais pauvrement dotées.
- The school welcomes 170 pupils in clean but poorly funded (class)rooms.
- L'école accueille 170 élèves dans des salles propres mais pauvrement dotées.
Conjugation
Conjugation of doter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | doter | avoir doté | |||||
| gerund | en dotant | en ayant doté | |||||
| present participle | dotant /dɔ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | doté /dɔ.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | dote /dɔt/ |
dotes /dɔt/ |
dote /dɔt/ |
dotons /dɔ.tɔ̃/ |
dotez /dɔ.te/ |
dotent /dɔt/ |
| imperfect | dotais /dɔ.tɛ/ |
dotais /dɔ.tɛ/ |
dotait /dɔ.tɛ/ |
dotions /dɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
dotiez /dɔ.tje/ |
dotaient /dɔ.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | dotai /dɔ.te/ |
dotas /dɔ.ta/ |
dota /dɔ.ta/ |
dotâmes /dɔ.tam/ |
dotâtes /dɔ.tat/ |
dotèrent /dɔ.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | doterai /dɔ.tʁe/ |
doteras /dɔ.tʁa/ |
dotera /dɔ.tʁa/ |
doterons /dɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
doterez /dɔ.tʁe/ |
doteront /dɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | doterais /dɔ.tʁɛ/ |
doterais /dɔ.tʁɛ/ |
doterait /dɔ.tʁɛ/ |
doterions /dɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
doteriez /dɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
doteraient /dɔ.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | dote /dɔt/ |
dotes /dɔt/ |
dote /dɔt/ |
dotions /dɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
dotiez /dɔ.tje/ |
dotent /dɔt/ |
| imperfect1 |
dotasse /dɔ.tas/ |
dotasses /dɔ.tas/ |
dotât /dɔ.ta/ |
dotassions /dɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
dotassiez /dɔ.ta.sje/ |
dotassent /dɔ.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | dote /dɔt/ |
— | dotons /dɔ.tɔ̃/ |
dotez /dɔ.te/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
doter
- to doubt
- to fear; to be afraid (of)
- 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 11, column 1, line 19:
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Saint Lorenz dit torment ne dot
- Saint Laurence says he doesn't fear torture
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Saint Lorenz dit torment ne dot
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of doter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | doter | avoir doté | |||||
| gerund | en dotant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | dotant | ||||||
| past participle | doté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | dot | dotes | dote | dotons | dotez | dotent |
| imperfect | dotoie, doteie, dotoe, doteve | dotoies, doteies, dotoes, doteves | dotoit, doteit, dotot, doteve | dotiiens, dotiens | dotiiez, dotiez | dotoient, doteient, dotoent, dotevent | |
| preterite | dotai | dotas | dota | dotames | dotastes | doterent | |
| future | doterai | doteras | dotera | doterons | doteroiz, dotereiz, doterez | doteront | |
| conditional | doteroie, dotereie | doteroies, dotereies | doteroit, dotereit | doteriiens, doteriens | doteriiez, doteriez | doteroient, dotereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | dot | doz | dot | dotons | dotez | dotent |
| imperfect | dotasse | dotasses | dotast | dotissons, dotissiens | dotissoiz, dotissez, dotissiez | dotassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | dote | — | dotons | dotez | — | ||
Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (2. doter, supplement)
- duter on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub