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doting over

doting over is the present participle and gerund of dote over.

Meaning of dote over

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To care for (someone), usually excessively or in an overly emotional manner.

Questions about doting over

What is doting over the present participle and gerund of?
Doting over is the present participle and gerund of dote over.

Words near doting over in the dictionary

  1. dotids
  2. dotier
  3. dotiest
  4. dotiness
  5. doting
  6. doting over
  7. dotingly
  8. dotingness
  9. dotings
  10. dotis
  11. dotish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: doting over (page history and authors); dote over (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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