Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of making one's self sottish by drink; the state of being besotted.

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Examples

  • Anyway , it has come as a great relief to us all to learn from today's Evening Standard that Lem's besotment with Gabi is nothing to do with 'lust'.

    Lembit Update - No 9 Glyn Davies 2007

  • Anyway , it has come as a great relief to us all to learn from today's Evening Standard that Lem's besotment with Gabi is nothing to do with 'lust'.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Glyn Davies 2007

  • He lodges in the town near the school, and thus the debasing habit of unsocial besotment is not brought under the eyes of his superior.

    My Novel — Volume 12 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • He lodges in the town near the school, and thus the debasing habit of unsocial besotment is not brought under the eyes of his superior.

    My Novel — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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