Meaning & use
Besot
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To infatuate or stupefy someone, especially with love, alcohol, or admiration.
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He was utterly besotted with her from their first meeting.
Years of drink had besotted the old sailor's mind.
A note on using this word
Besot is most often encountered today in its past-participle adjective form, 'besotted,' as in 'besotted with love.'
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infatuateintoxicate
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