Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent;
[syn: stultification, befooling]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Befool \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.
[1913 Webster]
This story . . . contrived to befool credulous men.
--Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
2. To cause to behave like a fool; to make foolish. "Some
befooling drug." --G. Eliot.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
befooling
n 1: derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or
inconsistent [syn: stultification, befooling]