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befools

befools is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 befools

What is befools the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Befools is the third-person singular simple present indicative of befool.

Words near befools in the dictionary

  1. befolkering
  2. befool
  3. befooled
  4. befooling
  5. befoolment
  6. befools
  7. befoozle
  8. befoozled
  9. befoozles
  10. befoozling
  11. befor

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