Verb (used with object), : a mind besotted with fear and superstition. ,He is besotted by her youth and beauty. From Dictionary.com.
The first known use of "besot" is found in a poem by George Turberville, published in 1567. From Wordnik.com. [Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day] Reference
He tried to see me again an 'again, an' wrote me letters an 'besot me in every way, knowin' as I wasn't worthy of you, an 'didn't love you as I ought. From Wordnik.com. [Smethurstses] Reference
Rose, unassuming, not even pretty, certainly tiresomely obtuse about some things, had wished him goodbye in a matter-of - fact manner which should have left him in no doubt as to her feelings, but her eyes, her lovely gentle eyes, mused Mr. Werdmer ter Sane besot - tedly, had betrayed her. From Wordnik.com. [A Girl Named Rose]
In many ways it besot him like orphic sound to a musician, or the tenebrisms of artists (Carvaggios like himself); but nonetheless he continued to project blame at the bearded anathema beneath him, and he still glanced down periodically at the floor hoping to find the putative agents of the odor, evidence to bolster his bilious conclusions, being in full denial of himself. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
Oh, he had no right thus to besot himself with adoration!. From Wordnik.com. [Chivalry] Reference
I would chase all the cares that beset, if they ever besot. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Humorous Verse] Reference
· Reply awel mara asma3 masr heya omy besot Foad El Mohandes. From Wordnik.com. [iToot Stream] Reference
They've besot the house, and are a givin 'lip to frighten folks. From Wordnik.com. [The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Complete] Reference
And even you, are you not daily besot to listen to the voice of the tempter?. From Wordnik.com. [The Knights of the Horse-Shoe; A Traditionary Tale of the Cocked Hat Gentry in the Old Dominion.] Reference
Some sicknesses besot, others enrage men, some are too swift, and others too slow. From Wordnik.com. [Good Thoughts in Bad Times and Other Papers.] Reference
Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take away the heart; they besot men, and make fools of them. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
Up at Fort Shurdan they had a ginmill where th 'warryors cud go an' besot thimsilves with bottled beer an 'dominoes. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Dooley Says] Reference
Her alto and love-or-heartache lyricism, delivered with this strong an assurance, are enough to besot any member of this audience. From Wordnik.com. [The Line Of Best Fit] Reference
Who, that ever visited his closet for devotion, hag refrained from shedding a tear over the deplorable condition of the miserable and besot - ted heathen?. From Wordnik.com. [A sermon, delivered at the meeting house of the second parish in Portland, August 20, 1812 : on the occasion of the national fast] Reference
Or we may take it as a distinct sentence, containing a great truth which we see confirmed by every day's experience, that drunkenness and uncleanness are sins which besot and infatuate men, weaken and enfeeble them. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
How often do men, just for the pleasure of drink, besot their souls and bodies, madden their tempers, neglect their families, make themselves every Saturday night, and often half the week, too, lower than the beasts which perish. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons for the Times] Reference
Pat Tillman was a public figure because of his career, and his decision to enlist put him in the public eye for new reasons, so it's easy to see why his loss, a national tragedy by its very nature, could not be reported as an accident besot with incompetence. From Wordnik.com. [International Documentary Association -] Reference
What an ignominy would it be for them to be buried in idleness, and in the immoderate pursuit of pleasures and vicious courses, till they besot their understandings, when they see soldiers arrived at such an improvement, who were bred tailors, shoemakers, cobblers, &c. From Wordnik.com. [Good Thoughts in Bad Times and Other Papers.] Reference
Did you really believe that there is a precipice into utter darkness and everlasting death at the end of this alley, would the pleasure and sweetness of it be able to infatuate you and besot you so far as to lead you on into it, like an ox to the slaughter, and a fool to the correction of the stocks?. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning] Reference
As long as they faithfully discharge their obligations to the paramount power, they are permitted to dispose of large revenues, to fill their palaces with beautiful women, to besot themselves in the company of their favourite revellers, and to oppress with impunity any subject who may incur their displeasure. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1] Reference
Ah cruel fates, why do you then besot. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris] Reference
Ride in their wake, the spirits to besot. From Wordnik.com. [All About Coffee] Reference
Together they pigged, nor did drink so besot him. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4] Reference
Alonso wants to besot with the ordinary. From Wordnik.com. [artforum.com] Reference
"Does ambition besot and blind men?. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Barons — Complete] Reference
To these advantages of hope and fear, ignorance and simplicity, he hath several engines, traps, devices, to batter and enthral, omitting no opportunities, according to men's several inclinations, abilities, to circumvent and humour them, to maintain his superstitions, sometimes to stupefy, besot them: sometimes again by oppositions, factions, to set all at odds and in an uproar; sometimes he infects one man, and makes him a principal agent; sometimes whole cities, countries. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
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