Both Uses
doting
in
Drown, by Junot Diaz
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- She had two kids of her own, Yennifer and Bienvenido, but she didn't dote on them the way she doted on me.†
Story 4dote = demonstrate love and uncritical affection
- She had two kids of her own, Yennifer and Bienvenido, but she didn't dote on them the way she doted on me.†
Story 4 *doted = demonstrated love and uncritical affection
Definitions:
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(1)
(doting) demonstrating love and uncritical affectionDoting may also imply that the doter tends to hover around the person they love to help attend to any needs.
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, in classic literature you may encounter doting in reference to old age -- especially old age leading to diminished mental capacity.