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dote on

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dote on someone/something
to love someone or something a lot, sometimes foolishly or too much. The world is full of people who dote on their pets.
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All animals like music -- in a prison they dote on it.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
I was vain of his commendations, and softened towards the being by whose means I earned them, and thus Hindley lost his last ally: still I couldn't dote on Heathcliff, and I wondered often what my master saw to admire so much in the sullen boy; who never, to my recollection, repaid his indulgence by any sign of gratitude.
Wuthering Heights by Bronte, Emily View in context
I'm sure Dorothy will be pleased with her, and the Scarecrow will dote on her.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
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