dote

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To be excessively fond of

Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him.

To act in a foolish manner
A darling, a cutie
{v} to grow silly or dull, to love extremely
give or grant lands as an endowment
See: Decay
{f} adore, indulge, pamper, spoil; exhibit mental decline due to old age
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An imbecile; a dotard
shower with love; show excessive affection for; "Grandmother dotes on her the twins"
A General term used to denote decay or rot in timber
A marriage portion
11r L 16 v (MED - doten) To behave foolishly or irrationally; to do foolish things
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
If you say that someone dotes on a person or a thing, you mean that they love or care about them very much and ignore any faults they may have. He dotes on his nine-year-old son. dote on/upon to love someone very much, and show this by your actions
Natural endowments
be foolish or senile due to old age
shower with love; show excessive affection for; "Grandmother dotes on her the twins" be foolish or senile due to old age
To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel
To act foolishly
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One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard
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Characterized by giving love and affection
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Present participle of dote
doted
{a} endowed with, gifted, possessed
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{n} a doting fellow, one foolishly fond
dotingly
{a} very fondly, with great fondness
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past of dote
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Half-rotten; as, doted wood
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Stupid; foolish
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One excessively fond, or weak in love
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{i} one who dotes, one who spoils, one who lavishes affection; person that is senile
dotes
plural of dote
dotes
third-person singular of dote
doting
If you say that someone is, for example, a doting mother, husband, or friend, you mean that they show a lot of love for someone. His doting parents bought him his first racing bike at 13
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That dotes; silly; excessively fond
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{s} foolishly loving and indulgent; adoring; exhibiting mental decline due to old age
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extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother"
doting
doating
dotingly
In a doting manner
dotingly
adoringly, indulgently
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