doten

See also: Doten

Catalan

Verb

doten

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• dotie, dote, doton

Etymology

From Middle Low German or Middle Dutch doten (“be silly”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þeutaną (“to roar, howl”), similar to Dutch dutten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔːtən/

Verb

doten

1. To be or become or foolish, deranged or insane.
2. To be or become senile; to suffer from the wear of age.
3. (rare) To fall apart; to suffer from wear.
4. (rare) To be unconscious or weak.

Derived terms

• dotage
• dotard
• dote
• dotynge

Conjugation

Conjugation of doten (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) doten, dote
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	dote	doted
2nd-person singular	dotest	dotedest
3rd-person singular	doteth	doted
subjunctive singular	dote
imperative singular		—
plural1	doten, dote	doteden, dotede
imperative plural	doteth, dote	—
participles	dotynge, dotende	doted, ydoted

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: dote
• Scots: doit

References

• “dōten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.

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Spanish

Verb

doten

1. inflection of dotar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative