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besot

/bɪˈsɒt/US/bɪˈsɑt/

besot verb: to muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.

Verb

besot (third-person singular simple present besots, present participle besotting, simple past besotted, past participle besotted or besotten)

  1. (transitive) To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.
    • You expect me and my men to besot ourselves with your drugs, ...April 2003, Robert Sheckley, "Legend of Conquistadors", Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume 104, Issue 4; page 50

besot meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

besot in Tamil

மயக்கு, உணர்வு மழுங்கச்செய், மட்டியாக்கு, கண்மூடிப்பற்றுக் கொள்ளு, மோகம் கொள்ளு

besot in Urdu

خبط سوار ہونا

besot in Bengali

মদ্যপান, মোহর কারণে বিভ্রান্ত

Forms of besot

third-person singular presentbesots
present participlebesotting
pastbesotted
past participlebesotted
past participlebesotten

Origin of besot

From be- + sot. Compare to Middle English assoten, assotten (“to act foolishly; fall madly in love, become infatuated”).

Words formed from besot

Words that rhyme with besot

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Questions about besot

What does besot mean?
Besot means to muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.
What is besot in Tamil?
Besot in Tamil is மயக்கு, உணர்வு மழுங்கச்செய், மட்டியாக்கு. See Besot meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is besot?
Besot is a verb.
How do you pronounce besot?
Besot is pronounced /bɪˈsɑt/ (US).
What is the past tense of besot?
The past tense of besot is besotted.

Words near besot in the dictionary

  1. besorrow
  2. besort
  3. besorted
  4. besorting
  5. besorts
  6. besot
  7. besotment
  8. besots
  9. besotted
  10. besottedly
  11. besottedness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: besot (page history and authors); besot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); besot (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); besot (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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