verb (used with object), be·sot·ted, be·sot·ting. 1.to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
2.to make stupid or foolish:
The stories had besotted her mind with fear and superstition. 3.to infatuate; obsess: Youth and beauty have a tendency to besot middle-aged men; charm and tenderness does it for women of all ages.
Origin: 1575–85; be +
sot Related forms be·sot·ting·ly, adverb