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dote on somebody/something

to love someone or something a lot, sometimes foolishly or too much The world is full of people who dote on their pets. Related vocabulary: love somebody to death

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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			done and dusted done for done in done over done up like a dog's dinner done with donkey donkey work donkey's years doom doom and gloom doom to door door to door door-to-door doornail doors open up doorstep dope dope up dos and don'ts dose doss down dot dot the/ i's and cross the/ t's dote on double double as double back double Dutch double over double up double-dipping double-talk doubt doubting Thomas doughnut dovetail with down and dirty down in the dumps down memory lane down on luck down South down the drain Down the hatch Down the hatch! down the line down the little red lane down the pike down the road down the street			Dotazione DOTB DOTB-APP DOTBA DOTBF DOTC DOTCA Dotcom Dotcom Dotcom Dotcom Dotcom boom Dotcom bubble Dotcom companies Dotcom company Dotcom crash Dotcom death dotcommer Dotcoms Dotcoms Dotcoms DOTCORNY DOTD DOTDS dote dote dote dote dote Dote assignando dote on dote on or upon Dote unde nihil habet doted doted doted doted on Dotehead DOTEO doter doter doter doters doters doters Dotery dotes dotes dotes dotes dotes Dotetracontane Dotetracontane Dotetracontane DotF Dotfile DOTG DOTGC DotGNU Execution Environment DotGNU Portable.NET DOTGOI

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