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Definition of Befooled
1. befool [v] - See also: befool
Lexicographical Neighbors of Befooled
Literary usage of Befooled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazineby David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1889)
"I want to tell you that you're bein' played; that you're being befooled and
bamboozled and ... befooled ..."
2. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"Fisher and More befooled by her Forgery. Now began Elizabeth Barton to play her
tricks, commonly called " the holy maid of Kent;" though at this day of Kent ..."
3. The Power of Congress Over the District of Columbia by Theodore Dwight Weld (1838)
"Otherwise it gives no " power "—the clause is mere waste paper, and flouts in
the face of a mocked and befooled legislature. A clause giving power to ..."
4. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by George Woodyatt Hastings, Andrew Edgar, Charles Wager Ryalls, Edwin Pears (1862)
"... and the betrayed is so difficult, that law cannot be befooled into trying what
sometimes will not succeed." And so, like a cautious general, ..."
5. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1876)
"Khalil befooled. Khan directed the artillery ; he also commanded the right wing
of the army. He drew up his artillery in a long line in front of the troops. ..."
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