Besot
[bɪ'sɒt] or [bɪ'sɑt]
Definition
(verb.) make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation.
Inputed by Bernard--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Infatuate, stultify, stupefy, befool, make sottish, make foolish.
Editor: Michel
Definition
v.t. to make sottish dull or stupid: to make a sot of: to cause to dote on: to infatuate (with):—pr.p. besot′ting; pa.p. besot′ted.—p.adj. Besot′ted infatuated.—adv. Besot′tedly.—n. Besot′tedness.
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Examples
- I almost think yon besotted skeleton spoke truth, and that the reluctance with which I part from thee hath something in it more than is natural. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It would be mere blind, besotted superstition. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You don't mean to say that besotted imperial France is any worse than bloody republican France? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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