dotes

Verb

• be foolish or senile due to old age
• shower with love; show excessive affection for
  • "Grandmother dotes on her the twins"
• scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
• distribute loosely
• make a dot or dots
• mark with a dot
• third-person singular simple present indicative of dote

Noun

• plural of dote

Synonyms

constellate, disperse, dot, dote, dust, scatter, sprinkle, stud