dote
See also: doté
English
Alternative forms
- doat (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English doten, 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)
- (intransitive, usually with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.
- (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.
- Dryden
Translations
to be foolishly fond of
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Noun
dote (plural dotes)
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔt/
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.te/
Latin
References
- dote in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Middle English
Etymology 1
A back-formation from doten.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔːt(ə)/
Noun
dote
Descendants
- English: dote
References
- “dōte (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German doten.
Portuguese
Noun
dote m (plural dotes)
- foundation (legacy constituting a permanent fund of a charity)
- dowry (property or payment given at time of marriage)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdo.te/
- Rhymes: -ote
Related terms
Venetian
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