Dote

1. To act foolishly.
2. A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n.
3. To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon; as, the mother dotes on her child.
4. Natural endowments.
5. An imbecile; a dotard.
6. To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel.