dote /ˈdot/
 (vi.)溺愛;昏聵,智力衰退


 Dote n.
 1. A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n.
 2. pl. Natural endowments. [Obs.]


 Dote, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Doted; p. pr. & vb. n. Doting.]  [Written also doat.]
 1. To act foolishly. [Obs.]
    He wol make him doten anon right.   --Chaucer.
 2. To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel.
 Time has made you dote, and vainly tell
 Of arms imagined in your lonely cell.   --Dryden.
    He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.   --South.
 3. To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon; as, the mother dotes on her child.
    Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote.   --Shak.
    What dust we dote on, when 't is man we love.   -- Pope.


 Dote, n. An imbecile; a dotard.

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 dote
      v 1: be foolish or senile due to old age
      2: shower with love; show excessive affection for; "Grandmother
         dotes on her the twins"