English abbreviation dictionary - dote
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Dote
dote
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1.
~ v dote on/upon sb phr v to love someone and to show this by your actions (I can't help doting on my granddaughter.) - doting adj only before noun (a doting parent) - dotingly adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
(dotes, doting, doted) If you say that someone dotes on a person or a thing, you mean that they love or care about them very much and ignore any faults they may have. He dotes on his nine-year-old son. VERB: V on/upon n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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intransitive verb (~d; doting) Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Low German dotten to be foolish Date: 13th century 1. to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age ; be in one's dotage 2. to be lavish or excessive in one's attention, fondness, or affection — usually used with on ~d on her only grandchild • ~r noun • dotingly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.intr. 1 (foll. by on, upon) be foolishly or excessively fond of. 2 be silly or feeble-minded, esp. from old age. Derivatives doter n. dotingly adv. Etymology: ME, corresp. to MDu. doten be silly ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. впасть в детство; страдать старческим слабоумием 2. (on, upon) любить до безумия, души не чаять; быть ослепленным любовью she dotes on her son —- она души не чает в своем сыне, она слепо любит своего сына ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. любить до безумия (on, upon) This foolish woman dotes on the young artist. Not so young, sir, to love a woman for singing, nor so old to dote on her for any thing. ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1200, from M.L.G. doten "be foolish," of unknown origin. Dotage, lit. "the state of one who dotes," first recorded c.1390 for "senility." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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