dote

1. 1

   To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.intransitivestativeusually

   • Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him.
2. 2

   To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.archaicintransitive

   • He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.
   • Time has made you dote, and vainly tell / Of arms imagined in your lonely cell.
3. 3

   To rot, decay.intransitiveobsoleterare

1. 1

   A darling, a cutie.Irelandcountable

   • But to be sure baby Boardman was as good as gold, a perfect little dote in his new fancy bib.
2. 2

   An imbecile; a dotard.countableobsolete

   • How did his death-bed make him a doate!
3. 3

   Decay in a tree.rareuncountable

syn. mimmerkin

1. 1

   Dowry.obsolete

1. 1

   To endow, donate.obsoletetransitive