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Verb: befool  bi'fool
Usage: archaic
  1. Make a fool or dupe of
    - fool, gull
     
  2. Fool or hoax
    "The immigrant was befooled because he trusted everyone";
    - gull, dupe, slang, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across

Derived forms: befooled, befooling, befools

Type of: betray, cozen, deceive, delude, lead astray, lead on

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