Past tense of dote
regular verb
The past tense of dote is doted. The past participle is also doted.
Forms of dote
| Base form (V1) | dote /dəʊt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | doted /ˈdəʊtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | doted /ˈdəʊtɪd/ |
| Present participle | doting /ˈdəʊtɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | dotes /dəʊts/ |
Doted in a sentence
- Jules doted on Chris, spending hours while Chris was at school assembling vast cities out of microscopic Lego pieces to surprise him when he returned.2010, Jennifer Egan, “A to B”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad
- Eliza doted on the plumless tree that exploded in plum-scented blossoms but never once bore fruit.1996, Michael Drinkard, Disobedience, page 52. From the entry plumless
Meaning of dote
- verb To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.
- verb To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
- verb To rot, decay.
Questions about the past tense of dote
- What is the past tense of dote?
- The past tense of dote is doted.
- What is the past participle of dote?
- The past participle of dote is doted.
- Is dote a regular or irregular verb?
- Dote is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dote (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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