Be*fool" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befooled (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Befooling.] [OE. befolen; pref. be- + fol fool.]
1.
To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.
This story . . . contrived to befool credulous men.
Fuller.
2.
To cause to behave like a fool; to make foolish.
"Some
befooling drug."
G. Eliot.
© Webster 1913.