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dote 音标拼音: [d'ot] vi. 溺爱;昏聩,智力衰退 溺爱;昏聩,智力衰退 dote v 1: be foolish or senile due to old age 2: shower with love; show excessive affection for; " Grandmother dotes on her the twins" Dote \ Dote\, n. [ See { Dot} dowry.] 1. A marriage portion. [ Obs.] See 1st { Dot}, n. -- Wyatt. [ 1913 Webster] 2. pl. Natural endowments. [ Obs.] -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster]
Dote \ Dote\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Doted}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Doting}.] [ OE. doten; akin to OD. doten, D. dutten, to doze, Icel. dotta to nod from sleep, MHG. t? zen to keep still: cf. F. doter, OF. radoter ( to dote, rave, talk idly or senselessly), which are from the same source.] [ Written also { doat}.] 1. To act foolishly. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] He wol make him doten anon right. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To be weak- minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel. [ 1913 Webster] Time has made you dote, and vainly tell Of arms imagined in your lonely cell. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] 3. 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. [ 1913 Webster] Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] What dust we dote on, when ' t is man we love. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster]
Dote \ Dote\, n. An imbecile; a dotard. -- Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster] 34 Moby Thesaurus words for " dote": adore, babble, be fond of, be insane, be stupid, blather, blither, burble, coddle, dither, drivel, drool, enjoy, fancy, have a demon, hold dear, idolize, indulge, like, love, make much of, maunder, pamper, rage, ramble, rant, rave, run amok, run mad, slaver, slobber, spoil, wander, worship
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