† fokenv.
intransitive. To play false.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [verb (intransitive)]
swikec1000
fokena1275
beguilec1305
deceivec1340
sleight1530
cloyne?1548
cog?1577
sham1678
hocus-pocus1687
spruce1916
a1275 Prov. Ælfred 485 in Old Eng. Misc. 132 For ofte sibbie men foken hem bitwenen.
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