The Meaning of dote

• (n.) A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n.
• (n.) Natural endowments.
• (v. i.) To act foolishly.
• (v. i.) To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel.
• (v. i.) 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.
• (n.) An imbecile; a dotard.

Homophones

doat

Rhymes

afloat , anecdote , antidote , asymptote , bacote , banknote , banxquote , bloat , boat , capote , chipote , choat , choate , coat , connote , cote , creosote , cutthroat , demote , denote , devote , ferryboat , flatboat , float , footnote , gloat , goat , groat , grote , gunboat , haute , hinote , houseboat , keynote , kote , lifeboat , misquote , moat , mote , motorboat , note , oat , outvote , overcoat , petticoat , pote , powerboat , promote , quote , raincoat , redcoat , remote , rewrote , roat , rote , rowboat , sailboat , scapegoat , shoat , shote , showboat , sloate , smote , speedboat , sproat , steamboat , stoat , terre-haute , throat , tote , towboat , tugboat , turncoat , uncoat , undercoat , underwrote , unquote , vogt , vote , wrote