Meaning of BESOT
| Pronunciation: | | bi'sât
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| | Definition: | | [v] make dull or stupid; to muddle with drunkenness or infatuation |
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| | Synonyms: | | stupefy |
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| | See Also: | | desensitise, desensitize | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, KO, lay out, narcotize, numb, obtund, palsy, paralyze, put to sleep, stun, stupefy |
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