befool

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befool

  • /bɪˈfuːl/
  • /bɪˈfʉl/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

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

verb befools · befooling · befooled

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

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verb to fool, trick or deceive someone

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@misc{befool_2026,
  title = {befool},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/befool},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}