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misfool en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + fool.

Meanings

1. (dialectal) To fool or deceive; to cause to be mistaken.
   • Uncle Jake was misfooled by what Jeff told him. 1997, Rose Cecil O'Neill, Miriam Forman-Brunell, The Story of Rose O'Neill: An Autobiography, page 69:
   • Well, I'm blamed! Come that close agin and me watchin' too. Misfooled me. I'll give him that much. 1982, Robert Herring, Hub, page 197:
   • Don't let this flatlander misfool you, preacher,” he warned, holding out a fleshy hand. “How do you know he's what he claims to be?" 1995, Sonya Birmingham, Frost Flower, page 101:

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