doat

Verb

doat (third-person singular simple present doats, present participle doating, simple past and past participle doated)

1. Obsolete spelling of dote
   • 1676, Aphra Behn, “The Town-Fop”, in The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. III‎:

     Ye all doat upon him, but he's not the Man you take him for.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, London: A[ndrew] Millar, OCLC 928184292:

     I took any means to get access to you. O speak to me, Sophia! comfort my bleeding heart. Sure no one ever loved, ever doated like me.

   • 1786, Robert Burns, “Song, Composed in Spring”, in Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns‎:

     --And maun I still on Menie doat, And bear the scorn that's in her e'e?

   • 1825, William Hazlitt, The Spirit of the Age‎:

     We are so far advanced in the Arts and Sciences, that we live in retrospect, and doat on past atchievements.

Anagrams

• DotA, Dota, toad

Etymology

Borrowed from French doigt (“finger”) (with modified pronunciation : fr: [dwa] > vo: [doˈat]).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doˈat]

Noun

doat (plural doats)

1. finger