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Definition
to demonstrate love and uncritical affection
- But if your father had been victor there, He ne'er had borne it out of Coventry: For all the country in a general voice Cried hate upon him; and all their prayers and love Were set on Hereford, whom they doted on And bless'd and graced indeed, more than the king.4.1 — Act 4 Scene 1 — Yorkshire. Gaultree Forest (61% in)
- The river hath thrice flow'd, no ebb between; And the old folk, time's doting chronicles, Say it did so a little time before That our great-grandsire, Edward, sick'd and died.4.4 — Act 4 Scene 4 — Westminster. The Jerusalem Chamber (95% in)
There are no more uses of "doting" in Henry IV, Part 2.
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