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
His own credit was at stake as well; no one must suppose that they could befool him.
From The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson
You may try to befool me, but I tell you that I will leave no stone unturned to solve the problem which you alone can explain.”
From The Stretton Street Affair by William Le Queux
If I get out of this squall alive, never more shall woman in the world befool me.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
He recognised the young man whom Dan had vainly tried to befool, away back at the beginning of the voyage.
From The Silver Maple by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
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