BESOT

besot, stupefy

(verb) make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

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

(transitive) To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.

• Robert Sheckley, "Legend of Conquistadors", Fantasy & Science Fiction: Vol. 104, Iss. 4; pg. 50; Apr, 2003

Anagrams

• Tebos, beots, boets, botes, tobes

Source: Wiktionary

Be*sot", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Besotting.]

Definition: To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate. Fools besotted with their crimes. Hudibras.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition