beˈsotting, ppl. a.
[f. besot + -ing2.]
Infatuating, stupefying.
| 1762 Fielding Ess. Convers. Wks. (1840) 636 The beastly custom of besotting and ostentatious contention for pre-eminence in their cups. 1863 Geo. Eliot Romola in Cornh. Mag. VI. 435 To steal over my senses like besotting wine. |