besot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
    stupefy.

WordNet

Be*sot" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Besotted present participle & verbal noun Besotting
Definitions
  1. To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate.
    Fools besotted with their crimes. Hudibras.

Webster 1913