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doted

/ˈdəʊtɪd/

doted is the simple past and past participle of dote.

Adjective

doted (comparative more doted, superlative most doted)

  1. (obsolete) stupid; foolish
    • Senseless speech and doted ignorance.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 34
  2. (US, obsolete) half-rotten
    • doted wood

Meaning of dote

Verb (1)

dote (third-person singular simple present dotes, present participle doting, simple past and past participle doted)

  1. (intransitive, stative, usually, with-on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.
    • Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him.
    Synonyms:
    adore, love
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
    • He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.1692–1717, Robert South, “Ill-disposed Affections […] ”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
  3. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To rot, decay.

Verb (2)

dote (third-person singular simple present dotes, present participle doting, simple past and past participle doted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To endow, donate.

See all 8 meanings of dote

Forms of doted

comparativemore doted
superlativemost doted

Phrases with doted

Words that rhyme with doted

Questions about doted

What does doted mean?
Doted means stupid; foolish.
What is doted the simple past and past participle of?
Doted is the simple past and past participle of dote.
What part of speech is doted?
Doted is an adjective.
How do you pronounce doted?
Doted is pronounced /ˈdəʊtɪd/.

Words near doted in the dictionary

  1. dotcommers
  2. dotcomming
  3. dotcoms
  4. dote
  5. dote over
  6. doted
  7. doted over
  8. dotee
  9. dotees
  10. dotel
  11. dotels

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