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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent;
[syn: stultification, befooling]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

befooling n 1: derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent [syn: stultification, befooling]