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Dite vs Dote - What's the difference?

dite | dote |

As verbs the difference between dite and dote

is that dite is to prepare for use or action; to make ready while dote is to be excessively fond of.

As a noun dote is

a darling, a cutie.

dite

English

Verb

  • (obsolete) To prepare for use or action; to make ready.
  • * Spenser
    • His hideous club aloft he dites .
    (Webster 1913) ----

    dote

    English

    Alternative forms

    * doat (obsolete)

    Verb

    (dot)
  • To be excessively fond of.
    • Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him.
  • (archaic) To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
  • * Dryden
    • Time has made you dote , and vainly tell / Of arms imagined in your lonely cell.
  • * South
    • He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.

    Synonyms

    * (to be fond of) adore, love

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Ireland) A darling, a cutie.
  • * Ted’s daughter is such a dote .
  • (obsolete) An imbecile; a dotard.
    • (Halliwell)

    Anagrams

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