befool

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/bɪˈfuːl/
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/bɪˈfuːl/ · /bɪˈfʉl/

Definition of befool

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (archaic, transitive)To make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone).
    “Nothing doth so befoole a man as extreme passion; this doth both make them fooles, which otherwise are not; and show them to be fooles that are so […]”
    “[T]hey ſettle upon their ovvn dregs, and grovv muddy and muſty vvith long eaſe, and their proſperity befooleth them to their ovvn deſtruction.”
    “Flattery is their nature—to coax, flatter and sweetly befool some one is every woman’s business.”
    “"How can a woman live two thousand years? Why dost thou befool me, oh Queen?"”
    “But above all beware never to look the Fairy of the Dawn in the face, for she has eyes that will bewitch you, and glances that will befool you.”

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Etymology

From Middle English bifolen, equivalent to be- + fool.

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