beˈsotting,ppl.a. [f. besot + -ing2.] Infatuating, stupefying. 1762Fielding Ess. Convers.Wks. (1840) 636 The beastly custom of besotting and ostentatious contention for pre-eminence in their cups.1863Geo. Eliot Romola in Cornh. Mag. VI. 435 To steal over my senses like besotting wine.