[ verb ] make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation <verb.perception>stupefy
Besot \Be*sot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besotting}.] To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate.
Fools besotted with their crimes. --Hudibras.
Asked about the accuracy of published estimates that each of the five band members will net $18 million, Jagger said many of the estimates have been inflated "twice or three times." "America is besot with money.