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t. & i. [Dot, s.] A. Transitive: 1. To mark with dots. 2. To form of dots. "In other parts of the chart distinguished by a dotted line."-Cook: Voyages , vol. ii., bk. ii., ch. vii. 3. To mark or diversify with little detached objects, which in the distance appear like dots. "Rich corn land and meadow, intersected by green hedgerows, and dotted with villages and pleasant country seats."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. iii. B. In trans.: To make or form dots or spots. dot-age (age as Ig), s. [Eng. dot(e); -age.] 1. A state of weakne or imbecility of mind or understanding, particularly that arising from old age. "Whatever the courtiers may say, I am not yet sunk into dotage ."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. iv. 2. Exce ive and foolish fondne . "This dotage of our general's." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , i. 1. dot-al, a . [Lat. dotal is , from dos (gen it. dol is ' =a dowry; Fr. dotal .] Of or pertaining to the dowry or portion of a woman; constituting or comprised in a dowry. "Shall I, of one poor dotal town po e ed, My people thin, my wretched country waste, An exiled prince, and on a shaking throne, Or risk my patron's subjects, or my own?" Garth: Ovid; Metamorphoses xiv.