Dote — Defs

01 n. A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n.

02 v. i. To act foolishly.

imp. & p. p. Doted; p. pr. & vb. n. Doting

1.
To act foolishly.[Obs.]
“He wol make him doten anon right.” — Chaucer.
2.
To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel.
“Time has made you dote, and vainly tell Of arms imagined in your lonely cell.” — Dryden.

“He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.” — South.
3.
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.
“Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote.” — Shak.

“What dust we dote on, when 't is man we love.” — Pope.

03 n. An imbecile; a dotard.