Dote

Definition of Dote

n.	1.	A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n.
	2.	Natural endowments.
v. i.	1.	To act foolishly. [imp. & p. p. Doted; p. pr. & vb. n. Doting.] He wol make him doten anon right. - Chaucer.
	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. Time has made you dote, and vainly tell Of arms imagined in your lonely cell. - Dryden. He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died. - South.
	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. Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote. - Shak. What dust we dote on, when 't is man we love. - Pope.
n.	1.	An imbecile; a dotard.

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