"besot" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From be- + sot. Compare to Middle English assoten, assotten (“to act foolishly; fall madly in love, become infatuated”).",
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      "form": "besots",
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    {
      "form": "besotting",
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    {
      "form": "besotted",
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        "past"
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      "form": "besotted",
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      "form": "besotten",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "word": "besotted"
        },
        {
          "word": "besotten"
        },
        {
          "word": "besottedness"
        },
        {
          "word": "besottingly"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "April 2003, Robert Sheckley, \"Legend of Conquistadors\", Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume 104, Issue 4; page 50",
          "text": "You expect me and my men to besot ourselves with your drugs, ..."
        }
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        "To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation."
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          "muddle",
          "muddle"
        ],
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          "stupefy",
          "stupefy"
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          "foolishly",
          "foolishly"
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          "alcoholic",
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          "liquor",
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        "(transitive) To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation."
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zamajvam",
          "sense": "to muddle or stupefy",
          "word": "замайвам"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apochavnóno",
          "sense": "to muddle or stupefy",
          "word": "αποχαυνώνω"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apovlakóno",
          "sense": "to muddle or stupefy",
          "word": "αποβλακώνω"
        }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "besot"
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    {
      "word": "besotted"
    },
    {
      "word": "besotten"
    },
    {
      "word": "besottedness"
    },
    {
      "word": "besottingly"
    }
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      "form": "besots",
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        "present",
        "singular",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "besotted",
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    },
    {
      "form": "besotted",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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          "text": "You expect me and my men to besot ourselves with your drugs, ..."
        }
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        ],
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          "alcoholic",
          "alcoholic"
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          "liquor",
          "liquor"
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        "(transitive) To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zamajvam",
      "sense": "to muddle or stupefy",
      "word": "замайвам"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apochavnóno",
      "sense": "to muddle or stupefy",
      "word": "αποχαυνώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apovlakóno",
      "sense": "to muddle or stupefy",
      "word": "αποβλακώνω"
    }
  ],
  "word": "besot"
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