What is to act foolishly. [Obs.] He wol make him doten anon right. Chaucer called?
dote — To act foolishly. [Obs.] He wol make him doten anon right. Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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