English Dictionary: besotted | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. Fools besotted with their crimes. --Hudibras. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Besotted \Be*sot"ted\, a. Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied. [bd]Besotted devotion.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. -- {Be*sot"ted*ly}, adv. -- {Be*sot"ted*ness}, n. --Milton. |