Befool

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  • transitive verb. To make a fool of.
  • transitive verb. To hoodwink; deceive.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make a fool of; delude; dupe.
  • To treat as a fool; call (a person) “fool.”
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.
  • transitive verb. To cause to behave like a fool; to make foolish.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To fool, to trick or deceive someone
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. fool or hoax
  • verb. 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."
    cross-reference
    deceive  
    Form
    befooled  befooling  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cozen  deceive  delude  lead on  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    deceive  fool  infatuate  
    verb-form
    befooled  befooling  befools  
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