Verb
- 1. dote, senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate
- usage: be foolish or senile due to old age
- 2. dote, love
- usage: shower with love; show excessive affection for; "Grandmother dotes on her the twins"
Adjective
- 1. adoring, doting, fond, loving (vs. unloving)
- usage: extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother"
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