'Befooling' definitions:
Definition of 'befooling'
From: WordNet
noun
Derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent [syn: stultification, befooling]
Definition of 'Befooling'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]