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# befool

«befool» in Mova's school dictionary: **To fool or trick someone, so that they look foolish** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (befool, befools, befooled, befooling) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

To fool or trick someone, so that they look foolish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/befool/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a trick played on a person who is then made to look foolish

### examples

- The clever fox befooled the wolf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/befool/#x1)
- Do not let anyone befool you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/befool/#x2)
- He befooled the guards and walked out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/befool/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «befool» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/befool/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.