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unfool

/ʌnˈfuːl/

unfool verb: to restore from folly, from being a fool, or from being foolish.

Verb

unfool (third-person singular simple present unfools, present participle unfooling, simple past and past participle unfooled)

  1. (transitive) To restore from folly, from being a fool, or from being foolish.
    • haue you any
      way then to vnfoole me againe. Set downe the basketc. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of unfool

third-person singular presentunfools
present participleunfooling
past participleunfooled
pastunfooled

Origin of unfool

From un- + fool.

Questions about unfool

What does unfool mean?
Unfool means to restore from folly, from being a fool, or from being foolish.
What part of speech is unfool?
Unfool is a verb.
How do you pronounce unfool?
Unfool is pronounced /ʌnˈfuːl/.
What is the past tense of unfool?
The past tense of unfool is unfooled.

Words near unfool in the dictionary

  1. unfondled
  2. unfondly
  3. unfondness
  4. unfood
  5. unfoods
  6. unfool
  7. unfoolable
  8. unfooled
  9. unfooling
  10. unfoolish
  11. unfools

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