bə̇ˈsät, bē-, usu -äd.+V transitive verb
( besotted ; besotted also besot ; besotting ; besots )
Etymology: be- + sot (to befool)
: to make or cause to be besotted
the king … was besotted by her purely carnal attractions — Times Literary Supplement
besot by rhythm, visual … as well as auditory — Agnes de Mille
besotted as we are by names — William Wordsworth
permitted … to besot themselves in the company of their favorite revelers — T.B.Macaulay