v. rare. [UN-2 3.] trans. To free from dulness or stupidity.
1603. Florio, Montaigne, III. v. 532. He that could recouer or vn-besot man, from so … verball a superstition, should not much prejudice the world.
1611. Cotgr., Dessoter, to vnbesot; to quicken, refine, or cleere a dull vnderstanding.
