资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            This story . . . contrived to befool credulous men.
                                                  --Fuller.

   2. To cause to behave like a fool; to make foolish. ``Some
      befooling drug.'' --G. Eliot.

资料来源 : WordNet®

befooling
     n : derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or
         inconsistent [syn: {stultification}]