† beˈdote, v. Obs.
[f. be- 3 + dote.]
trans. To cause to dote, make silly, befool.
| c 1385 Chaucer L.G.W. 1547 Ffor to be-dote this queen was here assent. 1449 Pecock Repr. 145 Salomon..fonned and bidotid with his wijfis, made ydolis false goddis. 1583 Golding Calvin on Deut. clxxxiii. 1139 So bedoted that they could not come to the knowledge of their sinnes. |