Home › Words › B › befoolbefool/bɪˈfuːl/befool means to make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone).befool is pronounced /bɪˈfuːl/.EtymologyFrom Middle English bifolen, equivalent to be- + fool.verbTo make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone).e.g.“Nothing doth so befoole a man as extreme passion; this doth both make them fooles, which otherwise are not; and show them to be fooles that are so […]” — 1605, Joseph Hall, Meditations and Vowes, Diuine and Morall, London: John Porter, section 63:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.befoozle 83% match — To befool. vs befool →bedaff 79% match — To befool; make a fool of. vs befool →foolify 79% match — to fool, to make a fool of vs befool →befoolment 75% match — The condition of being befooled. vs befool →outfool 73% match — to be more foolish than. vs befool →begowk 72% match — To play a trick on, make a fool of. vs befool →bewile 71% match — To delude; deceive; beguile. vs befool →bejape 70% match — To play a trick on; trick or befool. vs befool →