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besot, v. (bɪˈsɒt) [f. be- + sot; cf. assot.] 1. trans. To affect with a foolish, blinding affection; to cause to dote on; to infatuate with.1581 Campion in Confer. iv. (1584) A a iiij b, He might be taken with the loue of his eies towards her, to be besotted with her. 1637 Heywood Dial. ii. Wks. 18...
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besotting
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.
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2000 Chilean telethon
Santa Isabel ("Besotón" (Big Kiss)): Also that day, but in the Playa El Sol de Viña del Mar, 1,000 couples (men and women), each carrying a bag from Santa
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unbesot
unbeˈsot, v. rare. [un-2 3.] trans. To free from dulness or stupidity.1603 Florio Montaigne iii. v. 532 He that could recouer or vn-besot man, from so..verball a superstition, should not much prejudice the world. 1611 Cotgr., Dessoter, to vnbesot; to quicken, refine, or cleere a dull vnderstanding.
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Your money would neither suffice to buy the enemy's death, your alcohol to besot him, nor your music to deafen him.
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swill-pough
† swill-pough, -pow Obs. = dilling; also attrib. (transf.).1611 Cotgr., Besot, a dilling, or swill-pough. a 1693 Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxvi. 217 Swillpow cock.
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dilling
dilling Obs. exc. dial. (ˈdɪlɪŋ) [Of doubtful etymology: it has been variously conjectured to be connected with dill v.2, or ON. dilla to trill, to lull, or to be a modification of derling, darling. Further evidence is wanted.] A term of endearment, sometimes equivalent to darling, sometimes, the yo...
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effatuate
▪ I. † eˈffatuate, ppl. a. Obs. [as if ad. L. *effatuātus, f. ex- out + fatu-us stupid, foolish: cf. affatuated.] Infatuated.1600 Dr. Dodypoll ii. i. in Bullen O. Pl. (1884) III. 112 Had I not beene effatuate even by Fate.▪ II. † eˈffatuate, v. Obs. [f. prec.] trans. To besot, render dull or stupid....
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maudle
maudle, v. rare. (ˈmɔːd(ə)l) [Back-formation f. maudlin a., taken as pr. pple.] a. trans. To make maudlin. b. intr. To talk maudlinly.1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), To Maudle, to besot, or put out of Order, as drinking strong Liquors does in a Morning. Ibid., Maudlin, maudled, half drunk. 1826 Examiner...
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sot
▪ I. sot, n.1 and a. (sɒt) Forms: 1– sot, 1–2, 6–7 sott, 2–7 sotte, 3, 5 sote, 6 soote. [a. OF. sot masc., sote fem. (mod.F. sot, sotte), of unknown origin; the med.L. sottus is recorded from c 800. Hence also MDu. sot (sod), zot (zod; Du. zot), MLG. and LG. sot, sott, MHG. sot.] A. n. † 1. A foolis...
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be-
be- prefix :—OE. be-, weak or stressless form of the prep. and adv. b{iacu} (biᵹ), by. The original Teut. form was, as in Gothic, bi, with short vowel, prob. cognate with second syllable of Gr. ἀµϕί, L. ambi; in OHG. and early OE., when it had the stress, as a separate word, and in composition with ...
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board
▪ I. board, n. (bɔəd) Forms: 1–7 bord, (4–6 borde), 4–7 boord, (5–6 boorde, bourde, 6–7 bourd, 6 boarde), 6– board; north. 4–8 burd, 4–7 burde, 4 Sc. buird, 6– Sc. brod: cf. bred. [A word or agglomeration of words of complicated history, representing two originally distinct ns., already blended in O...
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self-
self- the word self used as a prefix [OE. self-, sylf-, ? occas. instr. selfe-, corresp. to OS. self-, MLG. sulf-, MDu. self- (Du. zelf-), OHG., MHG. selb-, selp- (Ger. selb-, also genitive selbs-, later selbst-), ON. sialf- (MSw. sialf-, also genitive sialfs-, Sw. sjelf-, Norw. sj{obar}lv-, Da. sel...
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