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Webster 1913 Edition
Besot
Be-sot′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Besotted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Besotting
.] To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate.
Fools
besotted
with their crimes. Hudibras.
Webster 1828 Edition
Besot
BESOT'v.t.
[be and sot.] To make sottish; to infatuate; to stupify; to make dull or senseless.1.
To make to dote.Definition 2024
besot
besot
English
Verb
besot (third-person singular simple present besots, present participle besotting, simple past besotted, past participle besotted or besotten)
- To muddle, stupefy, or act foolishly; as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.
- You expect me and my men to besot ourselves with your drugs, ... — Robert Sheckley, "Legend of Conquistadors", Fantasy & Science Fiction: Vol. 104, Iss. 4; pg. 50; Apr, 2003
Derived terms
Translations
to muddle or stupefy