You expect me and my men to besot ourselves with your drugs, . . . — Robert Sheckley, "Legend of Conquistadors", Fantasy & Science Fiction: Vol. 104, Iss. 4; pg. 50; Apr, 2003
The stories had besotted her mind with fear and superstition.
Youth and beauty have a tendency to besot middle-aged men; charm and tenderness does it for women of all ages.