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😍 To love too much 🧓 To become senile
to dote

to dote

8.5
To become confused and forgetful because of old age
  • verb
  • /doʊt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : volverse senil
  • Piscem natare dotes, she said, and her cheeks dimpled in a dreamer's smile.

Examples

  • Even her stupid, doting mother thought she was crazy for a day or two.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • He's a doting father and husband.

    Church Ball (2006)

  • And as he errs, doting on hermia's eyes, so I, admiring of his qualities:

    Return with Honor (1999)

  • The grandparents dote on their grandchildren, showering them with gifts and affection.

  • After so many years, she still dotes on her old dog, treating him like a king.

  • When he was young, his parents dote on him, often indulging his every whim.

How Senile

to dote
  • Archaic
8.5
to forget
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

dote infinitive
doted past
doted past participle
doting present participle
dotes third person singular

Etymology

Dote comes from an old word meaning 'to be foolish', and this idea later gave us dotage, which means 'foolish old age'. So, to dote can also mean to grow weak-minded or forgetful as you get older.