Definitions for dote
doʊtdote

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. doteverb

   be foolish or senile due to old age

2. doteverb

   shower with love; show excessive affection for

   "Grandmother dotes on her the twins"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dotenoun

   A darling, a cutie.

2. doteverb

   To be excessively fond of.

   Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him.

3. doteverb

   To act in a foolish manner.

4. Etymology: From doten; compare to Germanic dotten, "to be foolish".

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. To DOTEverb

   Etymology: doten, Dutch; radoter, French.

   1. To have the intellect impaired by age or passion; to be delirious.

   Unless the fear of death make me dote,
   I see my son. William Shakespeare, Com. of Err.

   A sword is upon the liars, and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed. Jer. l. 36.

   Time has made you dote, and vainly tell
   Of arms imagin’d, in your lonely cell:
   Go, be the temple and the gods your care;
   Permit to men the thought of peace and war. John Dryden, Æn.

   When an old woman begins to dote, and grow chargeable to a parish, she is turned into a witch, and fills the country with extravagant fancies. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 117.

   2. To be in love to extremity.

   He was striken with great affection towards me, which since is grown to such a doting love, that, ’till I was fain to get this place, sometimes to retire in freely: I was even choked with his tediousness. Philip Sidney.

   I have long loved her, and bestowed much on her, followed her with a doting observance. William Shakespeare, M. Wives of Winds.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dote

   To dote refers to showing extreme affection, love, or fondness for someone or something, often to such an extreme that it might be considered excessive or foolish. It can also pertain to the act of being extremely and uncritically fond of someone, often to the point of being overly indulgent or spoiling them.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dotenoun

   a marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n

2. Dotenoun

   natural endowments

3. Doteverb

   to act foolishly

4. Doteverb

   to be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel

5. Doteverb

   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

6. Dotenoun

   an imbecile; a dotard

7. Etymology: [See Dot dowry.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dote

   dōt, v.i. (arch.) to be stupid or foolish: to be weakly affectionate: to show excessive love—formerly also spelt Doat.—ns. Dōt′age, a doting: childishness of old age: excessive fondness; Dōt′ant (Shak.), a dotard; Dōt′ard, one who dotes: one showing the weakness of old age, or excessive fondness.—adj. Dōt′ed (Spens.), stupid.—n. Dōt′er, one who dotes.—p.adj. and n. Dōt′ing.—adjs. Dōt′ish, silly; Dot′tle (Scot.), stupid.—n. a dotard.—adj. Dot′ty, feeble in mind: tottering. [Old Dut. doten, to be silly, Scot. doitet, stupid; Fr. radoter, to rave, is from the same root.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dote

   old, adj. ; less formal, silly, foolish, (n., v. t.).

   old: He is in his dotage.; He is a dotard. silly foolish: He really dotes on his grandchildren.; When it comes to his grandchildren, he is such a dotard.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on July 24, 2019  

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1. DOTE

   What does DOTE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the DOTE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DOTE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dote is ranked #73666 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Dote surname appeared 263 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dote.
   
   58.9% or 155 total occurrences were White.
   33.4% or 88 total occurrences were Asian.
   4.5% or 12 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.6% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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1. • Age

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Anagrams for dote »

1. toed

2. tode

How to pronounce dote?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say dote in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dote in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dote in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of dote in a Sentence

1. Walt Whitman:

   I dote on myself, there is that lot of me and all so luscious.

2. William Shakespeare:

   I dote on his very absence.

3. Edward Young, Love of Fame (satire I, l. 89):

   Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.

4. Trong Young:

   One of the best ways to judge the FB trends in a city is to see what the hotels are doing, recently Anti:dote at Fairmont Hotel and Manhattan Bar at Regent Singapore hotel opened, while Four Seasons hired one of the greatest bartenders in history -- Javier de lad Muelas -- to consult on its beverage and cocktail list at One Ninety bar.

5. Michael Hardaway:

   Only the weak rest on their laurels and dote on past triumphs.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dote
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dote
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dote
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dote
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=dote
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=dote