Be*sort", n. Befitting associates or attendants. [Obs.]

With such accommodation and besort

As levels with her breeding.

Shak.

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.

Be*sot"ted, a. Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied. "Besotted devotion." Sir W. Scott. -- Be*sot"ted*ly, adv. -- Be*sot"ted*ness, n. Milton.

Be*sot"ting*ly, adv. In a besotting manner.

Be*sought" (&?;), p. p. of Beseech.

Be*span"gle (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespangled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespangling (&?;).] To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant or glittering.

The grass . . . is all bespangled with dewdrops.

Cowper.

Be*spat"ter (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespattered (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespattering.] 1. To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.

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