Bible Dictionaries
Dote

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n.

(2):

(n.) An imbecile; a dotard.

(3):

(v. i.) To act foolishly.

(4):

(n.) Natural endowments.

(5):

(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.

(6):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dote'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dote.html. 1828.