| n. | 1. | A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, |
| 2. | Natural endowments. | |
| v. i. | 1. | To act foolishly. |
| 2. | To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel. | |
| 3. | To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; - with on or upon; | |
| n. | 1. | An imbecile; a dotard. |
| Verb | 1. | dote - be foolish or senile due to old age |
| 2. | dote - shower with love; show excessive affection for; "Grandmother dotes on her the twins" |
DOTE, Span. law. The property which the wife gives to the husband on account
of marriage.
2. It is divided into adventitia and profectitia; the former is the
dote which the father or grandfather, or other of the ascendants in the
direct paternal line, give of their own property to the husband; the latter
(adventitia) is that property which the wife gives to the husband, or that
which is given to him for her by her mother, or her collateral relations, or
a stranger. Aso & Man. Inst. B. 1, t. 7, c . 1, Sec. i.
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