Что (кто) такое dote - определение
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dote
(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
Dote
·vi To act foolishly.
II. Dote ·noun Natural endowments.
III. Dote ·noun An imbecile; a dotard.
IV. Dote ·noun A marriage portion. [Obs.] ·see 1st Dot, ·noun.
V. Dote ·vi To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate;
- with on or upon; as, the mother dotes on her child.
VI. Dote ·vi To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to Drivel.
dote
¦ verb
1. (dote on/upon) be extremely and uncritically fond of.
2. archaic be silly or feeble-minded, especially as a result of old age.
¦ noun Irish informal a sweet or adorable person.
Derivatives
doter noun
doting adjective
dotingly adverb
Origin
ME: of uncertain origin; related to MDu. doten 'be silly'.
Википедия
DOTE
DOTE, Dote or Doté may refer to:
- Dancing on the Edge Festival, a biannual performing arts festival in the Netherlands
- Department of Technical Education, a body of the government of Kerala, India
- Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, a staff assistant and adviser to the US Secretary of Defense
- Distributed Open Transcription Environment, a transcription software
Примеры произношения для dote
1. - I've already told her once.
- I do dote on her.
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
2. Does a father need an occasion
to dote upon his daughter?
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
3. who have old parents, know that your parents will dote all
John & Julie Gottman _ Talks at Google
Примеры употребления для dote
1. He has also become jealous of the baby sister he used to dote on.
2. A lot of soppy secretaries dote on their bosses, especially in politics.
3. Why do humans dote on pets to the tune of billions of dollars a year?
4. National magazines dote on her, and China‘s television crews are taping away.
5. All fathers dote on their eldest son, and Tony was the apple of my eye.