Word of the Day:
befool
What It Means
To make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone).
Befool in Context
“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 […]”
Did You Know?
From Middle English bifolen, equivalent to be- + fool.
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