A difficult language dote vs woo dote

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dote vs. woo dote on sb phrasal verb to love someone completely and believe they are perfect: He dotes on the new baby. doting adjective [before noun] showing that you love someone very much: We saw photographs of the doting father with the baby on his knee. Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary dote (d÷t) v. , dot • ed, dot • ing, n. — v. i. 1. to bestow or express excessive fondness or love (usu. fol. by on ). 2. to be weak-minded or foolish, esp. associated with old age. [1175– 1225; ME: to behave foolishly, become feeble-minded; c. MD doten] — dot‚er n. — dot‚ing • ly adv. Random House Webster Unabridged Dictionary woo verb [T] wooing, wooed 1 to try to persuade someone to support you or to use your business: The party has been trying to woo the voters with promises of electoral reform. The airline has been offering discounted tickets to woo passengers away from their competitors. 2 OLD-FASHIONED If a man woos a woman, he gives her a lot of attention in an attempt to persuade her to marry him: He wooed her for months with flowers and expensive presents. wooer noun [C] Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary woo (w€) v. , wooed, woo • ing — v. t. 1. to seek the favor, affection, or love of, esp. with a view to marriage. 2. to seek or invite: to woo fame; to woo one's own destruction. 3. to seek to persuade (a person, group, etc. ) , as to do something; solicit; importune. — v. i. 4. to court a woman: He went wooing. [bef. 1050; ME wowen, late OE wŽgian] — woo‚er n. — woo‚ing • ly adv. Random House Webster Unabridged Dictionary

lay 1 v. , laid, lay·ing, n. —v. t. 1. to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk. 3. to put or place in a particular position: The dog laid its ears back. 12. to bury: They laid him in the old churchyard. 23. Slang (vulgar). to have sexual intercourse with. lie 2 v. , lay, lain, ly·ing, n. —v. i. 1. to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. 4. to rest, press, or weigh (usually fol. by on or upon): These things lie upon my mind. 23. lie with, a. to be the duty or function of: The decision in this matter lies with him. b. Archaic. to have sexual intercourse with. lie 1 n. , v. , lied, ly·ing. —n. 1. a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. 5. give the lie to, a. to accuse of lying; contradict. b. to prove or imply the falsity of; belie: His poor work gives the lie to his claims of experience. —v. i. 6. to speak falsely or utter untruth knowingly, as with intent to deceive. 7. to express what is false; convey a false impression. lye vs. lie

A Midsummer Night’s Dream II, 2 HERMIA Nay, good Lysander; for my sake, my dear, Lie further off yet, do not lie so near. LYSANDER O, take the sense, sweet, of my innocence! Love takes the meaning in love's conference. I mean, that my heart unto yours is knit So that but one heart we can make of it; Two bosoms interchained with an oath; So then two bosoms and a single troth. Then by your side no bed-room me deny; For lying so, Hermia, I do not lie. HERMIA Lysander riddles very prettily: Now much beshrew my manners and my pride, If Hermia meant to say Lysander lied. But, gentle friend, for love and courtesy Lie further off; in human modesty, Such separation as may well be said Becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid, So far be distant; and, good night, sweet friend: Thy love ne'er alter till thy sweet life end! IAGO 'Faith, that he did--I know not what he did. OTHELLO What? what? IAGO Lie-- Othello, IV, 1 OTHELLO With her? IAGO With her, on her; what you will. OTHELLO Lie with her! lie on her! We say lie on her, when they belie her. Lie with her! that's fulsome. --Handkerchief--confessions--handkerchief!--To confess, and be hanged for his labour; --first, to be hanged, and then to confess. --I tremble at it. Nature would not invest herself in such shadowing passion without some instruction. It is not words that shake me thus. Pish! Noses, ears, and lips. --Is't possible? --Confess--handkerchief!--O devil!Falls in a trance