(v) shower with love; show excessive affection for; "Grandmother dotes on her the twins"

(v) be foolish or senile due to old age

(n) an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism

(s) extremely conservative

(n) the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct

(n) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience

(n) the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth

(v) give qualities or abilities to

(a) marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions; "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people"

(a) showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur"

(s) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent pene

(n) a decorative pin worn by women

(v) fasten with or as if with a brooch