dote /dəʊt $ doʊt/
verb[
Date: 1100-1200;
Origin: Perhaps from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch doten 'to be stupid']
dote on/upon somebody phrasal verb to love someone very much, and show this by your actions:
Everyone doted on Sally, the only girl in the family.—doting adjective [only before noun]:
a doting parent—dotingly adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲