dote, doat, dotie, dot on

i. [O. Dut. doten to dote; Dut. dutten to take a nap; dut =a nap, dotage; Icel. dotta to nod with sleep; Fr. radoter; O. Fr. redoter. ( Skeat.)] 1. To have the intellect impaired by age; to be silly, foolish, or weak in intellect; to be delirious. *2. To lose one's wits. "He began to dotur and dote." Avowyng of King Arthur , st. xvi. 3. To be fond or to love to exce or extravagance; to be foolishly in love. "Who dotes, yet doubts; suspects, yet strongly loves!" Shakesp.: Othello, iii. 3. 4. It is followed by on or upon before the object of affection. "You are three IMG:content-0396.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0397.png:[blocks in formation]