verb
Etymology
Origin of befool
First recorded in 1350–1400, befool is from the Middle English word befolen. See be-, fool 1
Example Sentences
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The action concerns the usual city fellers who atempt to befool the honest but apparently boobish guardian of the two girl orphans and their fortune.
From Time Magazine Archive
A witch tho' she be dead may charm Thee and befool.
From Song-Surf by Cale Young Rice
That is her way of thanking us for offering her our hospitality,—just lying to us, and trying to befool us for no other purpose than to permit her to continue her disgraceful conduct.
From A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day by Fritz Oswald Bilse
Nor shall you think to befool us, Miss!
From Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall or Solving the Campus Mystery by Alice B. Emerson
It is not in truth very difficult to befool a man who does half the fooling himself.
From Parson Kelly by Andrew Lang
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