Definition of "besot" [be•sot]

• To muddle or stupefy, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The first known use of "besot" is found in a poem by George Turberville, published in 1567."
• "Would have been completely lost on me, but happened to be in Australia a few years ago when the whole country was besot with their superstar bowler (Sean Ware?) and they were playing the Ashes."
• "Would have been completely lost on me, but happened to be in Australia a few years ago when the whole country was besot with their superstar bowler (Sean Ware?) and they were playing the Ashes.neurodoc(Quote)"