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• v  be foolish or senile due to old age
• v  shower with love; show excessive affection for
• v  scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
• v  distribute loosely
• v  make a dot or dots
• v  mark with a dot
• s  extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
  deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain

• Maines' vocal intensity counters that of fans whose doting curdled into death threats, including "a letter Sayin' that I better shut up and sing Or my life will be over.
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1917-1963 A doting father, he left two children, ages five and three.
• Having been denied education and material goods as children, many adults wildly overcompensate in doting on their kids.

• dote
• dot
• stud
• constellate
• scatter
• sprinkle
• dust
• disperse
• adoring
• fond

News & Articles

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• Anthony Weiner Has an Adorable New Excuse
  Bolstering his image as a doting dad , Anthony Weiner missed two campaign events on Sunday morning because his son was sick. “He has an ear infection and he just wanted to be held so I just couldn’t make it,” Weiner said.
  June 10, 2013 - New York Magazine
• As dads, Vaughn, Wilson bond with kids on set
  Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson have gone from womanizing "Wedding Crashers" to doting dads who bring their kids to work.
  June 7, 2013 - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
• Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson, together again
  Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson have gone from womanizing Wedding Crashers to doting dads who bring their kids to work.
  June 6, 2013 - Miami Herald

Quotes

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• Heath Ledger in ic Wales
  We, Heath's family can confirm the very tragic, untimely and accidental passing of our dearly loved son, brother and doting father of Matilda,Mr Ledger said in Perth. "He was down to earth, generous, kind hearted, life loving unselfish...
• John Malkovich in Times of India
  Costar John Malkovich added: "He was very doting with his daughter during shooting on a couple of days I was there. He"s very much a present parent."
• Tom Cruise in Access Hollywood
  You know, it's horrific,Tom told "The View" ladies after a long pause. "You know, like, it's just horrific. Here'sa man who: both of them, doting parents. Just wonderful people."