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Definition of Besot
1. Verb. Make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation.
Definition of Besot
1. v. t. To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate.
Definition of Besot
1. Verb. To muddle, stupefy, or act foolishly; as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Besot
1. to stupefy [v -SOTTED, -SOTTING, -SOTS] - See also: stupefy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Besot
Literary usage of Besot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"The s-aus The King had not been many days in Breda, besot '""a.-. j. the States
General fent deputies of their own body to king's' congratulate his ..."
2. A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American by Henry Campbell Black (1910)
""To besot" Is to stupefy, to make dull or senseless, to make to dote ; and "to
dote" is to be delirious, silly, or insane. Gates v. Meredith, 7 Ind. 441. ..."
3. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United Statesby Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1859)
"... the в burst open, showing the stalked sporangia (5) ; one of the latter
more (6) ; another bursting (T) ; and three spore» (8), besot with bristles. ..."
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