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Befool

//bɪˈfuːl// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone). archaic, transitive

    "Nothing doth so befoole a man as extreme passion; this doth both make them fooles, which otherwise are not; and show them to be fooles that are so […]"

  2. 2
    fool or hoax wordnet
  3. 3
    make a fool or dupe of wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English bifolen, equivalent to be- + fool.

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