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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

dote / dōt/ • v. [intr.] 1. (dote on/upon) be extremely and uncritically fond of: she doted on her two young children | [as adj.] (doting) she was spoiled outrageously by her doting father. 2. archaic be silly or feebleminded, esp. as a result of old age: the parson is now old and dotes. DERIVATIVES: dot·er n. dot·ing·ly adv.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

dote
A. be silly or weak-minded XIII;

B. bestow excessive fondness upon XV. perh. OE., corr. to MDu. doten be silly.
Hence dotage, dotard XIV.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

dote •afloat, bloat, boat, capote, coat, connote, cote, dote, 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 •flatboat •mailboat, sailboat, whaleboat •speedboat • keelboat •dreamboat, steamboat •lifeboat • iceboat • longboat •sauceboat • houseboat •rowboat, showboat •U-boat • tugboat • gunboat •powerboat • motorboat • riverboat •workboat • Haggadoth • anecdote •scapegoat • redingote • nanny goat •zygote • redcoat • tailcoat • raincoat •waistcoat • greatcoat • petticoat •topcoat • housecoat • undercoat •entrecôte • surcoat • turncoat •matelote • banknote • headnote •endnote • keynote • woodnote •footnote • compote • whitethroat •shofroth • bluethroat • cut-throat •creosote • mitzvoth • mezuzoth

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