BEFOOL, BEFOOLED
(also see FOOL, verbs)
NOUNS, PERSON
1602 ► GULLER a person who dupes or befools; a cheat → obs.
1905 ► UNDHERLOOT a person who is befooled, bullied, or made game of → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
..950 ► BELIRT to befool, to deceive, to beguile, to cheat → obs. exc. Sc.
1362 ► JAPE to befool, to trick, to beguile, to deceive → obs.
1377 ► BEJAPE to befool, to trick, to play a trick on → obs.
1385 ► BEDOTE to befool, to cause to dote, to make silly → obs.
1386 ► PUT AN APE IN HIS HOOD to befool or dupe him → obs.
1405 ► MAKE ANY ONE HIS APE to befool or dupe him → obs.
1430 ► BEGLEW → BEGLUE to befool, to make game of → obs.
1513 ► BEGECK to befool; to disappoint; to gull; to deceive; to jilt → obs. exc. Sc.
1529 ► COUGH ONE A DAW to befool, to make a fool of → obs.
1581 ► FOOLIFY to befool, to make a fool of → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1596 ► WIDGEON to befool, to make a ‘widgeon’ of; to cheat → obs.
1599 ► GIVE THE BAUBLE to befool, to make a fool of → obs.
1601 ► JADE to befool; to jape → obs.
1831 ► IDIOTIZE to befool, to make a fool of
1862 ► BEGOUK → BEGOWK to befool, to trick; to jilt → Sc.
1891 ► PUGGY to befool, to play tricks on → Sc.
1905 ► TAKE OFF to befool, to mock, to jeer at → Sc. (Bk.)
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