doten

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See also: Doten

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
IPA^(key): (Valencia)

Verb

doten

third-person plural present indicative of dotar

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

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

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	doted
imperative singular	dote	—

plural¹	doten, dote	doteden, dotede
imperative plural	doteth, dote	—

participles	dotynge, dotende	doted, ydoted

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

Derived terms

Descendants

English: dote
Scots: doit

References

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

Spanish

Verb

doten

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

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