verb
Etymology
Origin of befool
First recorded in 1350–1400, befool is from the Middle English word befolen. See be-, fool 1
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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
To what good end do men so flatter and befool one of their harmless fellows?
From Imaginary Interviews by William Dean Howells
Now it was pitchy dark, both within and without, but love has sharpened senses and eyes which no night has ever yet been black enough to befool.
From A Romance in Transit by Francis Lynde
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
You and your friends may be extremely clever—you have succeeded in enticing my wife away from her home, and you expect to befool me further.
From Hushed Up! A Mystery of London by William Le Queux
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