doat
[doht]
/doʊt/
verb (used without object)
1.
dote
.
Examples from the web for
doat
These fish were also a pilot project to actually see how the fish would
doat
this location and in this water.
British Dictionary definitions for
doat
doat
/
dəʊt
/
verb
1.
(
intransitive
)
a variant (now rare) spelling of
dote
dote
/
dəʊt
/
verb
(
intransitive
)
1.
foll by
on or upon.
to love to an excessive or foolish degree
2.
to be foolish or weak-minded, esp as a result of old age
Derived Forms
doter,
(
now rarely
)
doater,
noun
Word Origin
C13: related to Middle Dutch
doten
to be silly, Norwegian
dudra
to shake