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Definitions for dote upon
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Dote upon
To regard with excessive fondness; to love to excess.
All their prayers and love
Were set on Hereford, whom they doted on,
And bless’d, and grac’d. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.Forgive me, that I do not dream on thee,
Because thou seest me dote upon my love. William Shakespeare.All the beauties of the court besides,
Are mad in love, and dote upon your person. John Denham.Mark those who dote on arbitrary power,
And you shall find ’em either hot-brain’d youth,
Or needy bankrupts. Dryden.Would you so dote upon your first desire,
As not to entertain a nobler fire? John Dryden, Indian Emperor.We dote upon this present world, and the enjoyments of it; and ’tis not without pain and fear, and reluctancy, that we are torn from them, as if our hopes lay all within the compass of this life. Burnet.
O death, all eloquent! you only prove
What dust we dote on, when ’tis man we love. Alexander Pope.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dote upon in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dote upon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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