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besot \bih-SOT\, verb:
Trivia
- To infatuate; obsess.
- To intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- To make stupid or foolish: a mind besotted with fear and superstition.
The prefix be was used in Middle English to denote verbs, as in the contemporary words become and befriend. The word sot referred to an alcoholic.
Tired Tears- The constant stream of tears you produce when you're extremely tired and need some sleep.
Trivia
When it comes to geography, what is a col?
- A gap or saddlelike depression between mountain peaks that often serves as a pass.
- Mississippi River: was reached by Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto (1541)
- Reign of Terror: Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was guillotined (1794)
- pyroclastic flow: Martinique's Mt. Pelée erupted a cloud of hot gas, ash and rock, killing 40,000 people (1902)
- eye bank: a collection of corneas donated after death was established for the first time, in New York City (1944)
- V-E Day: the UK and US celebrated their victory over Nazi Germany, a day after Germany signed an unconditional surrender (1945)
- Miguel Hidalgo 1753
- Jean Henri Dunant 1828
- Oscar Hammerstein 1847
- Harry S. Truman (U.S.) 1884
- Francis Desales Ouimet 1893
- Bishop Fulton Sheen 1895
- Robert Johnson 1911
Lex Barker 1919 - Don Rickles 1926
- David Attenborough 1926
- Sonny Liston 1932
- Thomas Pynchon 1937
- Rick Nelson 1940
- Peter Benchley 1940
- James Mitchum 1941
- John Fred (John Fred and His Playboy Band) 1941
Toni Tennille 1943 - Paul Samwell-Smith (Yardbirds) 1943
- Gary Glitter 1944
- Chris Frantz (Talking Heads) 1951
- Phillip Bailey (Earth, Wind and Fire) 1951
- Billy Burnette 1954 - Musician (Fleetwood Mac)
David Keith 1954 - Stephen Furst 1954
- Alex Van Halen 1955 - Musician (Van Halen)
- Ronnie Lott 1959
- Eric Brittingham 1960 - Musician (Cinderella)
- Melissa Gilbert 1964
- Dave Rowntree (Blur) 1964
- Del Gray (Little Texas) 1968
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