"besot" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: besots [present, singular, third-person], besotting [participle, present], besotted [past], besotted [participle, past], besotten [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɒt Etymology: From be- + sot. Compare to Middle English assoten, assotten (“to act foolishly; fall madly in love, become infatuated”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|sot}} be- + sot, {{ncog|enm|assoten|}} Middle English assoten, {{m|enm|assotten||to act foolishly; fall madly in love, become infatuated}} assotten (“to act foolishly; fall madly in love, become infatuated”) Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past_ptc2=besotten}} besot (third-person singular simple present besots, present participle besotting, simple past besotted, past participle besotted or besotten)
  1. (transitive) To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation. Tags: transitive Derived forms: besotted, besotten, besottedness Translations (to muddle or stupefy): замайвам (zamajvam) (Bulgarian), αποχαυνώνω (apochavnóno) (Greek), αποβλακώνω (apovlakóno) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-besot-en-verb-KPmRKImr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

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