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
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Origin of Besot

  • 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

  • From be- +‎ sot. Compare to Middle English assoten, assotten (“to act foolishly; fall madly in love, become infatuated”).

    From Wiktionary

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