dotes upon

Then, after all, you were right, dear Annie; it is the ground she dotes upon.

But when I saw how nature dotes upon Italy, I felt as if she was only acting the step-mother to the rest of the world.

Therefore it is that Levana often communes with the powers that shake man's heart: therefore it is that she dotes upon grief.

She, too, dotes upon the sea, and sits down beside it—to read her novel.

The king, who dotes upon her, seemed good-humouredly pleased to see me bring her.