Obs. [f. prec.] trans. To besot, render dull or stupid.
1630. Brathwait, Eng. Gentl. (1641), 16. Nothing effatuates the understanding of man more than excesse in meat or drinke, subjecting the intellective part to the bondage of Sense.
Obs. [f. prec.] trans. To besot, render dull or stupid.
1630. Brathwait, Eng. Gentl. (1641), 16. Nothing effatuates the understanding of man more than excesse in meat or drinke, subjecting the intellective part to the bondage of Sense.
