doter

See also: dôter

English

Etymology

dote +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdəʊtə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊtə(ɹ)

Noun

doter (plural doters)

  1. Synonym of dotard (“old person with impaired intellect”)
    • 1843, Astolphe marquis de Custine, The Empire of the Czar, page 103:
      “Hold thy tongue! old doter; how should my daughter resemble thy son?”
  2. Synonym of dotard (“one who dotes on another, showing excessive fondness”)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dōtāre. Doublet of douer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɔ.te/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

doter

  1. (transitive) to endow, donate
  2. (transitive) to fund
    L’école accueille 170 élèves dans des salles propres, mais pauvrement dotées.
    The school welcomes 170 pupils to its clean, but poorly funded classrooms.

Conjugation
Conjugation of doter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple doter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple dotant
/dɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle doté
/dɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present dote
/dɔt/		 dotes
/dɔt/		 dote
/dɔt/		 dotons
/dɔ.tɔ̃/		 dotez
/dɔ.te/		 dotent
/dɔt/
imperfect dotais
/dɔ.tɛ/		 dotais
/dɔ.tɛ/		 dotait
/dɔ.tɛ/		 dotions
/dɔ.tjɔ̃/		 dotiez
/dɔ.tje/		 dotaient
/dɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 dotai
/dɔ.te/		 dotas
/dɔ.ta/		 dota
/dɔ.ta/		 dotâmes
/dɔ.tam/		 dotâtes
/dɔ.tat/		 dotèrent
/dɔ.tɛʁ/
future doterai
/dɔ.tʁe/		 doteras
/dɔ.tʁa/		 dotera
/dɔ.tʁa/		 doterons
/dɔ.tʁɔ̃/		 doterez
/dɔ.tʁe/		 doteront
/dɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional doterais
/dɔ.tʁɛ/		 doterais
/dɔ.tʁɛ/		 doterait
/dɔ.tʁɛ/		 doterions
/dɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 doteriez
/dɔ.tə.ʁje/		 doteraient
/dɔ.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present dote
/dɔt/		 dotes
/dɔt/		 dote
/dɔt/		 dotions
/dɔ.tjɔ̃/		 dotiez
/dɔ.tje/		 dotent
/dɔt/
imperfect2 dotasse
/dɔ.tas/		 dotasses
/dɔ.tas/		 dotât
/dɔ.ta/		 dotassions
/dɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 dotassiez
/dɔ.ta.sje/		 dotassent
/dɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — dote
/dɔt/		 — dotons
/dɔ.tɔ̃/		 dotez
/dɔ.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Latin

Verb

dōter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dōtō

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin dubitō.

Verb

doter

  1. to doubt
  2. to fear; to be afraid (of)
    • 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 11, column 1, line 19:
      Saint Lorenz dit torment ne dot
      Saint Laurence says he doesn't fear torture

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of doter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive doter avoir doté
gerund en dotant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle dotant
past participle doté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present dot dotes dote dotons dotez dotent
imperfect dotoie, doteie, dotoe, doteve dotoies, doteies, dotoes, doteves dotoit, doteit, dotot, doteve dotiiens, dotiens dotiiez, dotiez dotoient, doteient, dotoent, dotevent
preterite dotai dotas dota dotames dotastes doterent
future doterai doteras dotera doterons doteroiz, dotereiz, doterez doteront
conditional doteroie, dotereie doteroies, dotereies doteroit, dotereit doteriiens, doteriens doteriiez, doteriez doteroient, dotereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present dot doz dot dotons dotez dotent
imperfect dotasse dotasses dotast dotissons, dotissiens dotissoiz, dotissez, dotissiez dotassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— dote — dotons dotez —

Derived terms

Descendants
  • French: douter
  • → Middle English: douten[1]

References
  1. “dǒuten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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