Besot

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           Fools besotted with their crimes.        --Hudibras.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  besot
       v : make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or
           infatuation [syn: {stupefy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "besot":
     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, knock unconscious, lay out,
     narcotize, numb, obtund, palsy, paralyze, put to sleep, stun,
     stupefy