befool : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: befool	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for befool
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
befool v make a fool or dupe of Synonym(s): fool, gull, befool fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" Synonym(s): gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Befool \Befool"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Befooled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Befooling}.] [OE. befolen; pref. be- + fol fool.] 1. To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive. This story . . . contrived to befool* credulous men. --Fuller. 2. To cause to behave like a fool; to make foolish. [bd]Some befooling drug.[b8] --G. Eliot.