dote /dəʊt $ doʊt/ BrE AmE verb
[ Date: 1100-1200 ; Origin: Perhaps from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch doten 'to be stupid' ]
dote on/upon somebody phrasal verb
to love someone very much, and show this by your actions:
Everyone doted on Sally, the only girl in the family.
—doting adjective [only before noun] :
a doting parent
—dotingly adverb