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
They clear out in time to save their own skins, never fear, and sneak off to befool the British public, while we are defending our lives and property.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
Ha! ha! how you all befool one another.
From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by M?r J?kai
He thought to befool me with his ill-thought-out plans—me who learnt wisdom before he was born.
From The Coming of the King by James Hocking
Mere cleverness serves often only to befool its possessor.
From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Hugh Miller
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