† beˈdaff, v. Obs.
[f. be- 5 + daff n.]
trans. To befool, make a fool of, make foolish. Hence bedaft ppl. a., foolish, stupid.
| c 1386 Chaucer Clerk's T. 1135 Beth not bedaffed for your innocence. 1572 Gascoigne Flowers Wks. (1587) 67 Bartholmew hys wits had so bedaft, That all seemed good. 1580 North Plutarch 105 When you come ysore [eye-sore] in all your factes Then are you blynde, dull witted and bedaft. |