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Dictionary: be·sot   (bĭ-sŏt') pronunciation
tr.v., -sot·ted, -sot·ting, -sots.
To muddle or stupefy, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.

[BE- + sot, to stupefy (from sot, fool; see sot) or from assot, to befool (from Old French assoter , from sot, foolish).]


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verb

    To muddle or stupefy with or as if with alcoholic drink: befuddle, fuddle. See drugs/temperance.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: make dull or stupid; to muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
  Synonym: stupefy


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forgabet, betaget, indtaget

Nederlands (Dutch)
verliefd doen worden, stomdronken voeren, gek maken

Français (French)
v. tr. - emmêler, stupéfier (en particulier avec de l'alcool)

Deutsch (German)
v. - betören, betrunken machen, verrückt machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποβλακώνω, αποχαυνώνω, ξεμυαλίζω, ξετρελαίνω

Italiano (Italian)
instupidire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - deixar bobo, intoxicar (fig.), embriagar

Русский (Russian)
одурманивать, спаивать, обманывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - volverle loco a uno, atontar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - dåra, förfära, berusa

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使糊涂, 使醉, 使迷糊

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使糊塗, 使醉, 使迷糊

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 술 취하게 하다, ~을 멍청하게 만들다, 실없게 만들다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ぼうっとさせる, 愚かにする, 酔わせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) خبل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שיכר, שיגע, בילבל‬


 
 
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