doÌ„t: “To dote†means either “to be weakminded†or “to be foolishly fond.†In the latter sense it is employed in ; in the former, in the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) “shall become foolsâ€); the King James Version Sirach 25:2 (the Revised Version (British and American) “lacking understandingâ€), and the King James Version (the Revised Version, margin “to be sickâ€; the King James Version marginâ€a foolâ€).