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besot

[ bih-sot ]

verb (used with object)

besotted, besotting.
  1. to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
  2. to make stupid or foolish:

    The stories had besotted her mind with fear and superstition.

  3. to infatuate; obsess:

    Youth and beauty have a tendency to besot middle-aged men; charm and tenderness does it for women of all ages.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of besot1

First recorded in 1575–85; be + sot
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Like so many Americans of a certain class and character, he’s besotted with the British royal family and insisted, in defiance of all available evidence, that he was good friends with the late Queen Elizabeth.

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Then, as now, they're an exceptionally cute couple – tender and funny and clearly besotted with one another.

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I could sense this even as a “Star Warsâ€-besotted 8-year-old.

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It was more common for girls in my year group at school to be besotted with them than not.

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Even though staff have long been besotted with the chick, seeing the love he’s attracted from the public has been an absurd experience, they say.

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