What does doat mean?
Doat means Obsolete spelling of dote..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
Obsolete spelling of dote..
Ye all doat upon him, but he's not the Man you take him for.
I took any means to get access to you. O speak to me, Sophia! comfort my bleeding heart. Sure no one ever loved, ever doated like me.
--And maun I still on Menie doat, And bear the scorn that's in her e'e?
“Is not she looking well?” said he, turning his eyes towards Jane. “Better than she ever used to do?—You see how my father and Mrs. Weston doat upon her.”
We are so far advanced in the Arts and Sciences, that we live in retrospect, and doat on past atchievements^([sic]).
Use doat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Doat means Obsolete spelling of dote..
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Ye all doat upon him, but he's not the Man you take him for.
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