verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To befool; make a fool of. transitive
2. 2
   To confound or stupefy. UK, dialectal, transitive

Etymology

From Middle English bedaffen, bidaffen, equivalent to be- + daff.

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