different between dote vs fiat

English

Alternative forms

• doat (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English doten, from Middle Low German doten (“to be foolish”). Doublet of doit (Scottish English).

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?t
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Verb

dote (third-person singular simple present dotes, present participle doting, simple past and past participle doted)

1. (intransitive, usually with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.

   Synonyms: adore, love

2. (intransitive, archaic) To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.

   • Time has made you dote, and vainly tell / Of arms imagined in your lonely cell.

   • , "Ill-disposed Affections […] "

     He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.

Derived terms

• (be foolishly fond of): dote over
• (act in a foolish manner): dotard, dotterel
• dotage

Translations

Noun

dote (plural dotes)

1. (Ireland) A darling, a cutie.
2. (obsolete) An imbecile; a dotard.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (dotard): dobby, mimmerkin; see also Thesaurus:dotard

Translations

Anagrams

• tode, toed

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?t/

Verb

dote

1. first-person singular present indicative of doter
2. third-person singular present indicative of doter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of doter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of doter
5. second-person singular imperative of doter

Italian

Etymology

From Latin d?s, dotem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.te/

Noun

dote f (plural doti)

1. (law) dowry, dower
2. gift (2), talent (3)

Latin

Noun

d?te

1. ablative singular of d?s

References

• dote in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Etymology 1

A back-formation from doten.

Alternative forms

• doote

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??t(?)/

Noun

dote

1. An idiot or imbecile; a dotard.
2. A senile individual; an elderly person lacking sound mind.

Descendants

• English: dote

References

• “d?te, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

Etymology 2

Verb

dote

1. Alternative form of doten

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dos

Noun

dote m (plural dotes)

1. foundation (legacy constituting a permanent fund of a charity)
2. dowry (property or payment given at time of marriage)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin d?s (genitive singular d?tis). Doublet of dosis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dote/, [?d?o.t?e]
• Rhymes: -ote

Noun

dote f (plural dotes)

1. dowry
2. talent

Related terms

• dotado

Verb

dote

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dotar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dotar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dotar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of dotar.

Venetian

Noun

dote

1. plural of dota

English

Etymology

From Latin f?at (“let it be done”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa?æt/, /?fi.æt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

fiat (plural fiats)

1. An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
   • 1788, Alexander Hamilton, Federalist no. 73

     The reflection that the fate of a fellow-creature depended on his sole fiat, would naturally inspire scrupulousness and caution; [...]

2. Authorization, permission or (official) sanction.

3. (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
4. (English law) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.

Translations

Derived terms

• fiat money
• fiat currency

Verb

fiat (third-person singular simple present fiats, present participle fiating, simple past and past participle fiated)

1. (transitive, used in academic debate and role-playing games) To make (something) happen.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:fiat.

References

• fiat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• fita

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /fi?at/
• Rhymes: -at

Verb

fiat m (feminine fiada, masculine plural fiats, feminine plural fiades)

1. past participle of fiar

Latin

Verb

f?at

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of f??: "may it become", "may it be made", "may it happen"
2. third-person singular present passive subjunctive of faci?: "may it become", "may it be made", "may it happen"