Definitions of dote [ʊt]

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Definition of 'dote'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) dote
to bestow or express excessive fondness (usu. fol. by on).

2. dote
to be weak-minded or foolish, esp. associated with old age.

Etymology: (1175–1225; ME: to behave foolishly, become feeble-minded; c. MD doten)

Definition of 'dote'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) dote
be foolish or senile due to old age

2. (verb) dote
shower with love; show excessive affection for
"Grandmother dotes on her the twins"

Definition of 'dote'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) dote
to love sb so much and give them everything possible
She doted on her grandson.

Definition of 'dote'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) dote
a marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n

2. (noun) dote
natural endowments

3. (noun) dote
an imbecile; a dotard

4. (verb) dote
to act foolishly

5. (verb) dote
to be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel

6. (verb) dote
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

Translation of 'dote'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to be fond of to an extent which is foolish He just dotes on that child!
Afrikaans: versot	Arabic: مُغْرَم، مَفْتون بِ	Bulgarian: обичам безумно
Brazilian: babar (por)	Czech: zbláznit se do, viset na	German: vernarrt sein in
Danish: forgude; tilbede	Greek: υπεραγαπώ	Spanish: adorar
Estonian: ahviarmastust tundma	Farsi: مردۀ کسی بودن؛ بیش از حد	Finnish: palvoa
French: raffoler de	Hebrew: לְגָלוֹת חִיבָּה יְתֵרָה	Hindi: बेवकूफी की हद तक प्रेम जत
Croatian: ludo voljeti nekoga, biti	Hungarian: majomszeretettel csüng vk	Indonesian: tergila-gila
Icelandic: sjá ekki sólina fyrir	Italian: amare alla follia	Japanese: 溺愛する
Korean: 맹목적으로 사랑하다	Lithuanian: negalėti atsidžiaugti, di	Latvian: ļoti mīlēt; dievināt
Malay: sangat suka	Dutch: verafgoden	Norwegian: forgude, elske over alt
Polish: ubóstwiać, wariować za	Persian: مردۀ کسی بودن؛ بیش از حد	Pashto: احمقانه مينه درلودل
Portuguese: babar-se por	Romanian: a fiînnebunit după	Russian: души не чаять
Slovak: zbožňovať	Slovenian: biti nor (na koga)	Serbian: drhtati nad nekim
Swedish: avguda, dyrka	Thai: ให้ความรักมากเกินไป	Turkish: aşırı düşkün olmak
Taiwanese: 溺愛	Ukrainian: кохати до нестями	Urdu: کسی پر احمقانہ طور پر گرو
Vietnamese: say mê	Chinese: 溺爱
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