doter

See also: dôter

English

Etymology

dote +‎ -er

Noun

doter (plural doters)

1. One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard.

Anagrams

• orted, toder, trode

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin dōtāre, present active infinitive of dōtō. Doublet of douer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.te/

Verb

doter

1. (transitive) to endow, donate
2. (transitive) to fund

   L'école accueille 170 élèves dans des salles propres, mais pauvrement dotées.

   The school welcomes 170 pupils to its clean, but poorly funded classrooms.

Conjugation

  Conjugation of doter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		doter			avoir doté
gerund		en dotant			en ayant doté
present participle		dotant /dɔ.tɑ̃/
past participle		doté /dɔ.te/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	dote /dɔt/	dotes /dɔt/	dote /dɔt/	dotons /dɔ.tɔ̃/	dotez /dɔ.te/	dotent /dɔt/
	imperfect	dotais /dɔ.tɛ/	dotais /dɔ.tɛ/	dotait /dɔ.tɛ/	dotions /dɔ.tjɔ̃/	dotiez /dɔ.tje/	dotaient /dɔ.tɛ/
	past historic1	dotai /dɔ.te/	dotas /dɔ.ta/	dota /dɔ.ta/	dotâmes /dɔ.tam/	dotâtes /dɔ.tat/	dotèrent /dɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	doterai /dɔ.tʁe/	doteras /dɔ.tʁa/	dotera /dɔ.tʁa/	doterons /dɔ.tʁɔ̃/	doterez /dɔ.tʁe/	doteront /dɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	doterais /dɔ.tʁɛ/	doterais /dɔ.tʁɛ/	doterait /dɔ.tʁɛ/	doterions /dɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	doteriez /dɔ.tə.ʁje/	doteraient /dɔ.tʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	dote /dɔt/	dotes /dɔt/	dote /dɔt/	dotions /dɔ.tjɔ̃/	dotiez /dɔ.tje/	dotent /dɔt/
	imperfect1	dotasse /dɔ.tas/	dotasses /dɔ.tas/	dotât /dɔ.ta/	dotassions /dɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	dotassiez /dɔ.ta.sje/	dotassent /dɔ.tas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	dote /dɔt/	—	dotons /dɔ.tɔ̃/	dotez /dɔ.te/	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• torde

Further reading

• “doter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Latin

Verb

dōter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dōtō

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Old French

Alternative forms

• douter
• doubter
• duter

Etymology

From Latin dubitō.

Verb

doter

1. to doubt
2. to fear; to be afraid (of)
   • 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 11, column 1, line 19:

     Saint Lorenz dit torment ne dot

     Saint Laurence says he doesn't fear torture

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of doter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		doter			avoir doté
gerund		en dotant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		dotant
past participle		doté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	dot	dotes	dote	dotons	dotez	dotent
	imperfect	dotoie, doteie, dotoe, doteve	dotoies, doteies, dotoes, doteves	dotoit, doteit, dotot, doteve	dotiiens, dotiens	dotiiez, dotiez	dotoient, doteient, dotoent, dotevent
	preterite	dotai	dotas	dota	dotames	dotastes	doterent
	future	doterai	doteras	dotera	doterons	doteroiz, dotereiz, doterez	doteront
	conditional	doteroie, dotereie	doteroies, dotereies	doteroit, dotereit	doteriiens, doteriens	doteriiez, doteriez	doteroient, dotereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	dot	doz	dot	dotons	dotez	dotent
	imperfect	dotasse	dotasses	dotast	dotissons, dotissiens	dotissoiz, dotissez, dotissiez	dotassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	dote	—	dotons	dotez	—

Descendants

• English: doubt
• French: douter

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (2. doter, supplement)
• duter on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub