Dictionary Entry
dote
dote is a 4-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n.
- 2noun
Natural endowments.
- 3intransitive verb
To act foolishly.
- 4intransitive verb
To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel.
- 5intransitive verb
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.
- 6noun
An imbecile; a dotard.
- 7verb
shower with love; show excessive affection for
"Grandmother dotes on her the twins"
- 8verb
be foolish or senile due to old age
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