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Befool

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To make a fool of.

v. To hoodwink; deceive.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To fool, to trick or deceive someone

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.

v. To cause to behave like a fool; to make foolish.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To make a fool of; delude; dupe.

To treat as a fool; call (a person) “fool.”

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. fool or hoax

v. make a fool or dupe of

Word Usage

"You know how he tried to befool the mob, first by mocking Jesus as a harmless fool; and second by offering to release him according to the custom of releasing one prisoner at time of the Passover."

Verb Form

befooled befooling befools

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

deceive cozen delude lead on

Cross Reference

deceive

Form

befooled befooling

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

fool infatuate deceive