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bedaff

bedaff verb: to befool; make a fool of.

Verb

bedaff (third-person singular simple present bedaffs, present participle bedaffing, simple past bedaffed, past participle bedaffed or bedaft)

  1. (transitive) To befool; make a fool of.
  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To confound or stupefy.

Forms of bedaff

third-person singular presentbedaffs
present participlebedaffing
pastbedaffed
past participlebedaffed
past participlebedaft

Origin of bedaff

From Middle English bedaffen, bidaffen, equivalent to be- + daff.

Words formed from bedaff

Questions about bedaff

What does bedaff mean?
Bedaff means to befool; make a fool of.
What part of speech is bedaff?
Bedaff is a verb.
What is the past tense of bedaff?
The past tense of bedaff is bedaffed.

Words near bedaff in the dictionary

  1. bedabble
  2. bedabbled
  3. bedabbles
  4. bedabbling
  5. bedad
  6. bedaff
  7. bedaffled
  8. bedaft
  9. bedag
  10. bedagged
  11. bedaggered

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