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Definition of Befool
1. Verb. Make a fool or dupe of.
Generic synonyms: Cozen, Deceive, Delude, Lead On
Derivative terms: Fool, Fool, Gull
2. Verb. Fool or hoax. "You can't fool me!"
Specialized synonyms: Kid, Pull The Leg Of
Generic synonyms: Betray, Deceive, Lead Astray
Derivative terms: Dupe, Dupery, Fool, Fool, Gull, Put-on, Take-in
Definition of Befool
1. v. t. To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.
Definition of Befool
1. Verb. (archaic) To fool, to trick or deceive someone ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Befool
1. to deceive [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: deceive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Befool
Literary usage of Befool
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"Perhaps from the wild tricks of a colt, to trick, befool, or deceive. What a
plague mean ye, to m« me thus ! ГН meet you and bring clothes, and clean ваше ..."
2. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1887)
"even in the holy place ; such impenitent hardihood, that it strove to befool and
silence the voice of God among them— these were the sins of the time. ..."
3. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... I forbear to state my own pretensions; Hereafter I shall mention them, when
his have been refuted ; After I shall have fairly shown, how he befool'd and ..."
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