| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Befool.[Websters]
2. To be chiselled or short-changed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have deceived, duped, swindled, imposed or fobbed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be coded. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have bamboozled, betrayed, baffled or shortchanged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be trepanned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have fooled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be rooked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have cheated or gouged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have hoodwinked.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Seldom used past tense conjugation of the verb befool.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (befool) | 1. Make a fool or dupe of.[Wordnet]. 2. Fool or hoax.[Wordnet]. 3. Fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!".[Wordnet]. 4. To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.[Websters]. 5. To cause to behave like a fool; to make foolish.[Websters]. 6. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: befooling, befooled, befools, befooler, befoolers, befoolingly and befooledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BEFOOLED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BEFOOLED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Fooled; deceived; led into error. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
