From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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Fools besotted with their crimes. --Hudibras.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Besotted \Be*sot"ted\, a.
Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by
drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied. "Besotted
devotion." --Sir W. Scott. -- {Be*sot"ted*ly}, adv. --
{Be*sot"ted*ness}, n. --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
besotted
adj 1: very drunk [syn: {besotted}, {blind drunk}, {blotto},
{crocked}, {cockeyed}, {fuddled}, {loaded}, {pie-eyed},
{pissed}, {pixilated}, {plastered}, {slopped}, {sloshed},
{smashed}, {soaked}, {soused}, {sozzled}, {squiffy},
{stiff}, {tight}, {wet}]
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