doteth
doteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dote.
Meaning of dote
Verb (1)
dote (third-person singular simple present dotes, present participle doting, simple past and past participle doted)
- To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.
- Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him.
- 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
- To rot, decay.
Verb (2)
dote (third-person singular simple present dotes, present participle doting, simple past and past participle doted)
Origin of doteth
From dote + -eth.
Questions about doteth
- What is doteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Doteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dote.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: doteth (page history and authors); dote (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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