Befool
//bɪˈfuːl// verb
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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 fool or hoax wordnet
- 3 make a fool or dupe of wordnet
Example
More examples"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 […]"
Etymology
From Middle English bifolen, equivalent to be- + fool.
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