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dote

[doht] / doʊt /
VERB
show excessive fondness
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Outside, their daughters, ranging from kindergarten to high school, dote on their dads, or fear forgetting them, or lash out in frustration at their absence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2024

Actor-comedian Anthony Anderson is a proud mama’s boy and loves to dote on his mother, Doris.

From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2023

As heartwarming as it is to see Andrés kiss and hug and dote on his daughters, the interactions are, literally, made for TV.

From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2022

He handles all the boring life matters like bills for us and I dote on him.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2022

Mrs. Flagg would have welcomed the chance to dote on him for a few days.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson



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