Definition of "dote" [dote]

• To show excessive fondness or love: parents who dote on their only child. (verb-intransitive)

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• ""Then you won't have another chance to get a mess of those trout you just 'dote' on.""
• "She rented a teeny apartment on Ocean Avenue, packed with super sized closets, dainty french provincial furniture, and three kids she did not dote on."
• "Seems to me the Tempter comes in many forms, and is just as likely to dote a three-piece-suit and wingtips as he is to have horns and a pitchfork."