Dote and Love

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Dote verb - Shower with love; show excessive affection for.

Usage example: Grandmother dotes on her the twins

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Love and dote are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Love" instead the word "Dote" as a verb or a noun.

Love verb - To hold dear.

Usage example: patriots who loved their country well enough to die for it

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Dote and love are semantically related. You can use "Dote" instead a verb "Love".

Nearby Words: loving, lovely, lover, loved, lovable

Chrysalis claims that it's because she can feed endlessly on her love, but when no one's looking, she tends to dote on the pink fluffball.

Source: Blog / Ask Fluffle Puff
In Cyberteam In Akihabara this is plot-relavent: Hibari's doting parents initially drives Tsubame to hate her, because Tsubame has never had anyone love her, much less dote on her.

Source: Doting Parent
His subordinates dote upon him (Kiyone is madly in love with him, and we can't blame her) and even the other captains are quite taken with him.

Source: Even the Guys Want Him

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