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Definition of dote in English: doteverbdəʊtdoʊt [no object]1dote on/uponBe extremely and uncritically fond of. 溺爱，宠爱 she doted on her two young children 她对她的两个幼儿非常溺爱。 Example sentencesExamples - I knew from my Aunt Maria that my father had doted upon the beautiful Senorita shamelessly.
- She said her boyfriend doted on baby Savannah and was a good father.
- He was a strong, loving father who doted on his daughter maybe a little more than he should have.
- Before feminism, stifling your personal ambitions in favor of doting on your husband was just a drawback to being a woman.
- I know your father doted on you and let you have free rein, but here I run a stricter household.
- Matt is already an accomplished quarter-midget driver, and his father dotes on him.
- She doted on him and gave up work to stay at home and be with him.
- He was a wonderful father, doting on everything, anything, his sons did.
- Elizabeth had doted on her, spoiled her, given her everything a little girl can want.
- She was a lovely girl with a soft personality who doted on her grandchildren.
- He is a 42-year-old father who dotes on his three children.
- To be spoiled and doted on, to take over the bed and the floor and the path.
- Quiet and unassuming, she has been doting on their first grandchild Sophie, who was born two weeks ago, while he has been preparing for the leadership battle.
- She works in a local beauty clinic, doting on people and trying to make them feel young and beautiful.
- He was not my son Joshua's biological father but he doted on him and treated Joshua like his own son.
- He appeared to be a father who doted on his children, especially his little girl.
- Her painfully shy, stuttering father doted on her while her more powerful mother spoiled her.
- Unlike Kafka, to whom he bears some resemblance, he doted on his father.
- He worked, with a devoted anonymity, in the Museum of Modern Art's Department of Film, cataloguing and doting on the old movies entrusted to MoMA.
- Most people dote on their grandchildren, spoiling them in the process.
Synonyms adore, love dearly, be devoted to, idolize, treasure, cherish, lavish affection on, worship, think very highly of, appreciate greatly, admire, hold dear, prize indulge, spoil, pamper adoring, loving, amorous, besotted, infatuated, lovesick, passionate affectionate, fond, devoted, solicitous, caring, tender, warm, warm-hearted overindulgent, indulgent informal lovey-dovey, touchy-feely 2archaic Be silly or feeble-minded, especially as a result of old age. （尤因年老而）昏聩，糊涂 the parson is now old and dotes 那个牧师现在是又老又糊涂。
noundəʊt Irish informal A sweet or adorable person. 〈爱尔兰，非正式〉可爱的人 he's gorgeous and the twins are dotes 他光彩照人，一对双胞胎长得也很可爱。 Example sentencesExamples - It's a dote of a place and our little cottage was the best ever.
- One grieving friend described him as ‘a pure dote.’
- He's an absolute dote and he got to know all of the Roses really well.
- They are not yet completely tame but a little love and patience would transform them into two dotes.
Derivativesnoun I can't explain it, other than to say that Jennifer was a doter.
OriginMiddle English (in the sense 'act or talk foolishly'): of uncertain origin; related to Middle Dutch doten 'be silly'. Rhymesafloat, bloat, boat, capote, coat, connote, cote, emote, float, gloat, goat, groat, misquote, moat, mote, note, oat, outvote, promote, quote, rote, shoat, smote, stoat, Succoth, table d'hôte, Terre Haute, throat, tote, vote, wrote Definition of dote in US English: doteverbdōtdoʊt [no object]1dote on/uponBe extremely and uncritically fond of. 溺爱，宠爱 she doted on her two young children 她对她的两个幼儿非常溺爱。 Example sentencesExamples - Quiet and unassuming, she has been doting on their first grandchild Sophie, who was born two weeks ago, while he has been preparing for the leadership battle.
- I know your father doted on you and let you have free rein, but here I run a stricter household.
- Her painfully shy, stuttering father doted on her while her more powerful mother spoiled her.
- She said her boyfriend doted on baby Savannah and was a good father.
- She doted on him and gave up work to stay at home and be with him.
- She was a lovely girl with a soft personality who doted on her grandchildren.
- To be spoiled and doted on, to take over the bed and the floor and the path.
- Most people dote on their grandchildren, spoiling them in the process.
- Elizabeth had doted on her, spoiled her, given her everything a little girl can want.
- He appeared to be a father who doted on his children, especially his little girl.
- Unlike Kafka, to whom he bears some resemblance, he doted on his father.
- He worked, with a devoted anonymity, in the Museum of Modern Art's Department of Film, cataloguing and doting on the old movies entrusted to MoMA.
- He was a wonderful father, doting on everything, anything, his sons did.
- He was a strong, loving father who doted on his daughter maybe a little more than he should have.
- Before feminism, stifling your personal ambitions in favor of doting on your husband was just a drawback to being a woman.
- He is a 42-year-old father who dotes on his three children.
- He was not my son Joshua's biological father but he doted on him and treated Joshua like his own son.
- Matt is already an accomplished quarter-midget driver, and his father dotes on him.
- I knew from my Aunt Maria that my father had doted upon the beautiful Senorita shamelessly.
- She works in a local beauty clinic, doting on people and trying to make them feel young and beautiful.
Synonyms adore, love dearly, be devoted to, idolize, treasure, cherish, lavish affection on, worship, think very highly of, appreciate greatly, admire, hold dear, prize adoring, loving, amorous, besotted, infatuated, lovesick, passionate 2archaic Be silly or feebleminded, especially as a result of old age. （尤因年老而）昏聩，糊涂 the parson is now old and dotes 那个牧师现在是又老又糊涂。
OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘act or talk foolishly’): of uncertain origin; related to Middle Dutch doten ‘be silly’. |