besotted

Adjective

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Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]

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


Besotted \Be*sot"ted\, a. Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied. "Besotted devotion." --Sir W. Scott. -- Be*sot"ted*ly, adv. -- Be*sot"ted*ness, n. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
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