Meaning & use
doating
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An archaic spelling of "doting," meaning showing excessive love or fondness.
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The old poem describes a doating father who could refuse his daughter nothing.
She read of a doating husband in the seventeenth-century letters she was translating.
A note on using this word
This spelling appears in older printed English, including some early editions of Shakespeare, before "doting" became the standard form.
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dotingadoring
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