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befool, v.|bɪˈfuːl|
in 4–5 befole.
[f. be- 5 + fool n.]
1. trans. To make a fool of; to dupe, delude.
1393Gower Conf. III. 236 Many wise Befoled have hem self er this. 1622Heylin Cosmogr. iii. (1682) 220 Befooling him with as glorious Titles. 1673H. Stubbe Furth. Vind. Dutch War App. 81 The old Rumpers were befoold by Cromwel. 1765Wesley Wks. (1872) XII. 323 Be temperate in speaking: else Satan will befool you. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. ii. iii. 260 One age he is hagridden, bewitched; the next, priestridden, befooled.
2. To treat as a fool, call ‘fool.’
1612W. Sclater Sick Souls Salve 33 That rash censuring and befooling others. a1617Hieron Wks. II. 166 Who is hee, whom Salomon doth so often be-foole in his Prouerbs? 1684Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 180 They..befooled themselves for setting a Foot out of Doors in that Path. 1864Tennyson Aylmer's F. 590 Being much befool'd and idioted By the rough amity of the other.
3. To squander foolishly, ‘fool away.’ rare.
1861Smiles Engineers I. 468 In this way Sir Thomas seems to have befooled his estate, and it shortly after became the property of the Alsager family.
Hence, beˈfooled, beˈfooling ppl. a.; beˈfooling vbl. n.; beˈfoolment n.
1677Gilpin Dæmonol. (1867) 197 Either of these ways Satan makes use of for the befooling of men. 1681Baxter Search Schism. iii. 44 A transitory befooling dream. 1842Miall Nonconf. II. 8 Ah! we are a befooled people. 1881Pall Mall G. 14 May 11/2 For the general befoolment of those easy souls. |