dote
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
dote (dotes, present participle doting; past and past participle doted)
- (intransitive, usually, with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.
- Synonyms: adore, love
- Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him.
- (intransitive, archaic) To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
- Time has made you dote, and vainly tell / Of arms imagined in your lonely cell.
- He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.
- German: schwärmen, vernarrt sein (in jemanden), einen Narren fressen (an etwas), verhätscheln
- Russian: (слепо) обожа́ть
- Russian: выжива́ть из ума́
dote (plural dotes)
Synonyms- (dotard) dobby, mimmerkin; see also Thesaurus:dotard
- German: Liebling, Schatz, Schätzchen
- Russian: мила́шка
- Spanish: amoroso
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