dote

About 0.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.

   Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him.

2. verb To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
3. verb To rot, decay.
4. noun A darling, a cutie.
5. noun An imbecile; a dotard.
6. noun Decay in a tree.
7. noun Dowry.
8. verb To endow, donate.

Similar words

cherish overindulge fawn doat dandle faddle dawt doddle daff daub

Often followed by

on upon of and to over in de sua

Word family

doted doter doters dotes doting dotingly