Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Besotting"
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.
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