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befooled

befooled is the simple past and past participle of befool.

Meaning of befool

Verb

befool (third-person singular simple present befools, present participle befooling, simple past and past participle befooled)

  1. (archaic, transitive) 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

Questions about befooled

What is befooled the simple past and past participle of?
Befooled is the simple past and past participle of befool.

Words near befooled in the dictionary

  1. befolden
  2. befolding
  3. befolds
  4. befolkering
  5. befool
  6. befooled
  7. befooling
  8. befoolment
  9. befools
  10. befoozle
  11. befoozled

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