From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdote on/upon somebody phrasal verbLOVEto 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 → dote→ See Verb table
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dote on/upon • Things like a freshly made bed, regular meals, some one to dote on him like a bloody fool!• Roses, for instance, dote on sticky soil.• What Magic bids me now so fondly dote On what so lately I disdain'd to look on? 