- besot
- transitive verb (besotted; besotting) Etymology: be- + sot (to stultify) Date: 1567 1. infatuate 2 2. to make dull or stupid; especially to muddle with drunkenness • besottedly adverb
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Besot — Be*sot , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besotting}.] To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate. [1913 Webster] Fools besotted with their crimes. Hudibras. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
besot — (v.) affect with a foolish manifestation, 1570s, from BE (Cf. be ) + SOT (Cf. sot). Related: Besotted; besotting … Etymology dictionary
besot — [bē sät′, bisät′] vt. besotted, besotting 1. to make a sot of; stupefy or confuse, as with alcoholic drink 2. to make silly or foolish besotted adj … English World dictionary
besot — besottedly, adv. besottedness, n. besottingly, adv. /bi sot /, v.t., besotted, besotting. 1. to intoxicate or stupefy with drink. 2. to make stupid or foolish: a mind besotted with fear and superstition. 3. to infatuate; obsess: He is besotted by … Universalium
besot — verb To muddle or stupefy, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation … Wiktionary
besot — Synonyms and related words: KO, addle, anesthetize, bedaze, befuddle, bemuse, benumb, blunt, chloroform, coldcock, deaden, desensitize, dope, drug, dull, etherize, freeze, inebriate, intoxicate, kayo, knock out, knock senseless, knock stiff,… … Moby Thesaurus
besot — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To muddle or stupefy with or as if with alcoholic drink: befuddle, fuddle. See DRUGS … English dictionary for students
besot — v. make stupid, bewilder; intoxicate with drink … English contemporary dictionary
besot — v. a. 1. Intoxicate, steep, drench, soak. 2. Stupefy, make sottish; make foolish or stupid. 3. Infatuate, stultify, befool, intoxicate, delude … New dictionary of synonyms
besot — v intoxicate, inebriate, stupefy. See befuddle … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
