Definition of "doat"
doat
verb
third-person singular simple present doats, present participle doating, simple past and past participle doated
Quotations
“Is not she looking well?” said he, turning his eyes towards Jane. “Better than she ever used to do?—You see how my father and Mrs. Weston doat upon her.”
1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XVIII, in Emma: […], volume III, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, page 346