See also: doté

EnglishEdit

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EtymologyEdit

From Middle English doten, from Middle Low German doten (to be foolish) or Middle Dutch doten (to be silly). Doublet of doit (Scottish English).

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dote (third-person singular simple present dotes, present participle doting, simple past and past participle doted)

  1. (intransitive, usually with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.
    Synonyms: adore, love
    Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him.
    • 2010, Jennifer Egan, “A to B”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:
      Jules doted on Chris, spending hours while Chris was at school assembling vast cities out of microscopic Lego pieces to surprise him when he returned.
  2. (intransitive, archaic) To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, “Ill-disposed Affections [] ”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: [] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, [], published 1727, →OCLC:
      He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.
    • 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. [], London: [] Jacob Tonson, [], →OCLC:
      Time has made you dote, and vainly tell / Of arms imagined in your lonely cell.

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NounEdit

dote (plural dotes)

  1. (Ireland) A darling, a cutie.
  2. (obsolete) An imbecile; a dotard.
    • 1630, Tinker of Turvey:
      How did his death-bed make him a doate!

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dote

  1. inflection of doter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin dotem.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɔte
  • Hyphenation: dò‧te

NounEdit

dote f (plural doti)

  1. (law) dowry, dower
  2. gift, talent

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LatinEdit

NounEdit

dōte

  1. ablative singular of dōs

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Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

A back-formation from doten.

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NounEdit

dote

  1. An idiot or imbecile; a dotard.
  2. A senile individual; an elderly person lacking sound mind.
DescendantsEdit
  • English: dote
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Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

dote

  1. Alternative form of doten

Old SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin dōs, dōtem, from Proto-Italic *dōtis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis (act of giving).

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dote m or f

  1. dowry
    • ca. 1480, Ordenanzas reales de Castilla. Huete, Álvaro de Castro, 1484. BNM I1338, fol. 243r. , (ed. by Ivy A. Corfis, 1995, Madison: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies):
      E sy fijos non ouiere que pierda todos sus bienes las dos partes para la nuestra camara & la otra terçia parte para acusador. E estos bienes que asy se perdieren se entiendan sacadas las debdas & sacado el dote & arras de su muger.
      And if he does not have issue (children), he shall lose all his possessions. Two thirds shall go to our chamber, and the third to the accuser [of blasphemy]. And by these possessions thus lost, his debts shall be considered solved, along with the dowry and downpayment of his wife.
    • 1491, Alfonso X, Siete Partidas (BNM I 766) , (ed. by Pedro Sánchez Prieto, 2004, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares):
      Ley sesta. como la dote o el arra que resçibe el padre por su fijo o por su fija no deue venir a partiçion entre los otros hermanos.
      Law 6. How the dowry or downpayment that a father receives for [the marriage of] his son or daughter shall not be split among the other siblings.
    Synonyms: arra, arrás

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin dos.

NounEdit

dote m (plural dotes)

  1. foundation (legacy constituting a permanent fund of a charity)
  2. dowry (property or payment given at time of marriage)

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdote/ [ˈd̪o.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ote
  • Syllabification: do‧te

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Old Spanish dote (dowry, masculine or feminine noun), borrowed from Latin dōtem. Doublet of dosis.

NounEdit

dote f (plural dotes)

  1. dowry
  2. talent
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Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

dote

  1. inflection of dotar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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TagalogEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Spanish dote, from Latin dōs.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: do‧te
  • IPA(key): /ˈdote/, [ˈdo.tɛ]

NounEdit

dote (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜆᜒ)

  1. dowry
    Synonyms: bigay-kaya, pasalap, ubad, (dialectal) bilang

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VenetianEdit

NounEdit

dote

  1. plural of dota