dote

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  1. intransitive verb To show excessive fondness or love: parents who dote on their only child.

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  • In this video he offers an antidote, which is an anti-dote, which is an antidote to both our currently unsustainable practices AND our unsustainable culture. —  portland indymedia - features
  • I just went to Tesco and they were playing Christmas songs, which began to grate on me after approximately 2 minutes, so what better anti-dote than getting home and teeing up the latest instalment of our godless Advent Podcasts. —  New Humanist Blog
  • Well Sarah Palin is the the anti-dote to Paris Hilton blonde airheads. —  Latest Articles
  • So why do we dote (besides the obvious talent crush)? —  mjsbigblog
  • And to travel expert Fionn it was: "Thank you, dote," for his contributions. —  Irish Blogs
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  1. Middle English doten.

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  1. Also doat; from Middle English dotien, doten, dote (not in Anglo-Saxon), = Old Dutch doten, dote, mope, Dutch dutten, take a nap, mope (cf. dut, a nap, sleep, dotage), = Icelandic dotta, nod from sleep (cf. dott, nodding, dottr, a nodder), = Middle High German tūzen, keep still, mope. Cf. Old French redoter, French radoter, rave, of Low German origin.
  2. from Middle English dote; from dote, v.
  3. from French dot, from Latin dos (dot-), dower: see dot and dower.
  4. from French doter from Latin dotare endow: see dow.
 

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