Besot Definition
bĭ-sŏt
besots, besotted, besotting
verb
To muddle or stupefy, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.
American Heritage
To make a sot of; stupefy or confuse, as with alcoholic drink.
Webster's New World
To make silly or foolish.
Webster's New World
Origin of Besot
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be– sot to stupefy (from sot fool sot) or from assot to befool (from Old French assoter) (from sot foolish)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From be- + sot. Compare to Middle English assoten, assotten (“to act foolishly; fall madly in love, become infatuated”).
From Wiktionary
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