befool
/bɪˈfuːl/
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Northern Ireland/bɪˈfʉl/
befool verb: to make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone).
Verb
befool (third-person singular simple present befools, present participle befooling, simple past and past participle befooled)
- To make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone).
- Nothing doth so befoole a man as extreme passion; this doth both make them fooles, which otherwise are not; and show them to be fooles that are so […]1605, Joseph Hall, Meditations and Vowes, Diuine and Morall, London: John Porter, section 63
- [T]hey ſettle upon their ovvn dregs, and grovv muddy and muſty vvith long eaſe, and their proſperity befooleth them to their ovvn deſtruction.1637 July (date delivered), Robert Sanderson, “[Ad Aulam.] Sermon VI. Otelands, July 1637.”, in XXXIV Sermons. […], 5th edition, London: […] [A. Clark] for A. Seil, and are to be sold by G....
befool meaning in Tamil and Urdu
befool in Tamil
- முட்டாளாக்கு, வஞ்சி
befool in Urdu
- اندھا کرنا, بےوقوف بنانا, دھوکا دینا
Examples of befool in a sentence
- Flattery is their nature—to coax, flatter and sweetly befool some one is every woman’s business.1854, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], chapter XL, in The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, volume...
- But above all beware never to look the Fairy of the Dawn in the face, for she has eyes that will bewitch you, and glances that will befool you.1901, Andrew Lang, “The Fairy of the Dawn”, in The Violet Fairy Book:
- They alleged Dr Sidhu had no specialization in reducing weight and was only befooling innocent people.2009 July 13, “BJP workers stage protest after leader dies in hospital”, in Times of India, retrieved 29 May 2013:
Forms of befool
| third-person singular present | befools |
|---|---|
| present participle | befooling |
| past participle | befooled |
| past | befooled |
Origin of befool
From Middle English bifolen, equivalent to be- + fool.
Words formed from befool
Words that rhyme with befool
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- ghoul
- spool
- doole
- pule
- yule
- buhl
- huemul
- Juul
- misrule
- poule
- rocking stool
- you'll
- 6-2-1 rule
- adverse interest rule
- aemule
- babul
- bool
- cagoule
- crool
- emule
- firefighter's rule
- gigajoule
- grool
- gule
- hool
- hydrocool
- joule
- kewl
- kilojoule
- megajoule
- mewl
- pasta fazool
- petajoule
- retool
- shul
- snool
- sool
- terajoule
- torchecul
- tulle
- uncool
- yottajoule
Questions about befool
- What does befool mean?
- Befool means to make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone).
- What is befool in Tamil?
- Befool in Tamil is முட்டாளாக்கு, வஞ்சி. See Befool meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use befool in a sentence?
- Flattery is their nature—to coax, flatter and sweetly befool some one is every woman’s business.
- What part of speech is befool?
- Befool is a verb.
- How do you pronounce befool?
- Befool is pronounced /bɪˈfuːl/.
- What is the past tense of befool?
- The past tense of befool is befooled.
Words near befool in the dictionary
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