dote

Alternative forms

• doat (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German doten (“to be foolish”). Doublet of doit (Scottish English).

Pronunciation

• enPR: dōt
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dəʊt/
• Rhymes: -əʊt

Verb

dote (third-person singular simple present dotes, present participle doting, simple past and past participle doted)

1. (intransitive, usually with on) To be excessively fond of.

   Synonyms: adore, love

   Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him.

2. (intransitive, archaic) To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
   • Dryden

     Time has made you dote, and vainly tell / Of arms imagined in your lonely cell.

   • South

     He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.

Noun

dote (plural dotes)

1. (Ireland) A darling, a cutie.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, episode 13,

     But to be sure baby was as good as gold, a perfect little dote in his new fancy bib.

2. (obsolete) An imbecile; a dotard.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Anagrams

• tode, toed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔt/

Verb

dote

1. first-person singular present indicative of doter
2. third-person singular present indicative of doter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of doter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of doter
5. second-person singular imperative of doter

Etymology

From Latin dōs, dotem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.te/

Noun

dote f (plural doti)

1. dowry
2. gift (2), talent (3)

Noun

dōte

1. ablative singular of dōs

References

• dote in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Etymology

From Latin dos

Noun

dote m (plural dotes)

1. foundation (legacy constituting a permanent fund of a charity)
2. dowry (property or payment given at time of marriage)

Etymology

From Latin dōs, dotis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.te/
• Rhymes: -ote

Noun

dote f (plural dotes)

1. dowry
2. talent

Verb

dote

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dotar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dotar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dotar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of dotar.

Noun

dote

1. plural of dota