befoolv.
/bɪˈfuːl/ 1. transitive. To make a fool of; to dupe, delude.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, cheat, dupe [verb (transitive)]
belirtOE
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bubble1668
cully1676
coaxc1679
dupe1704
to play off1712
noodle1769
idiotize1775
oxify1804
tomfool1835
sammyfoozle1837
trail1847
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1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 236 Many wise Befoled have hem self er this.
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iii. sig. Xxx3v Befooling him with as glorious Titles.
1673 H. Stubbe Further Iustification War against Netherlands App. 81 The old Rumpers were befoold by Cromwel.
1765 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XII. 323 Be temperate in speaking: else Satan will befool you.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. iii. 79/2 One age, he is hagridden, bewitched; the next, priestridden, befooled.
2. To treat as a fool, call ‘fool’.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > treat with contempt > as a fool
befool1612
1612 W. Sclater Sick Souls Salve 33 That rash censuring and befooling others.
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 166 Who is hee, whom Salomon doth so often be-foole in his Prouerbs?
1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 180 They..befooled themselves for setting a Foot out of Doors in that Path. View more context for this quotation
1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 81 Being much befool'd and idioted By the rough amity of the other.
3. To squander foolishly, ‘fool away.’ rare.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)]
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scatter1154
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misspendc1390
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dilapidate1590
squander1593
confound1598
to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600
prodigalize1611
profuse1611
squander1611
paddle1616
bezzle1617
to run out of ——1622
to piss away1628
prodigal1628
decoct1629
to bangle (away)1632
debauch1632
deboise1632
to fribble away1633
to fool out1635
to run outa1640
to fiddle away1667
slattera1681
dissipate1682
to play off1693
duck-and-drake1700
liquidate1702
sparkle away1703
waster1821
befool1861
to frivol away1866
to play (at) duck and drake with1872
to fling away1873
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slather1904
mucker1928
profligate1938
peter1956
spaff2002
1861 S. Smiles Lives 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.
Derivatives
beˈfooled adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [adjective] > fooled, duped
foolified1584
fool-taken1608
cozened1610
gullified1624
gulled1647
sweet1673
bubbled1681
bilked1682
imposed-upon1706
cheated1709
duped1756
pigeoned1777
swindled1809
thimblerigged1840
befooled1842
bamboozled1866
spoofed1958
dicked1972
1842 E. Miall in Nonconformist 2 8 Ah! we are a befooled people.
beˈfooling adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [adjective]
befooling1681
take-in1752
1681 R. Baxter Search for Eng. Schismatick iii. 44 A transitory befooling dream.
beˈfooling n.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun]
truffingc1480
foolifying1618
coxcombing1664
befooling1677
assification1820
trail1847
befoolment1881
1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra ii. iv. 253 Either of these ways Satan makes use of for the befooling of Men.
beˈfoolment n.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun]
truffingc1480
foolifying1618
coxcombing1664
befooling1677
assification1820
trail1847
befoolment1881
1881 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 May 11/2 For the general befoolment of those easy souls.
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