Dictionary entry

Besot

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.