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befool, v. (bɪˈfuːl) in 4–5 befole. [f. be- 5 + fool n.] 1. trans. To make a fool of; to dupe, delude.1393 Gower Conf. III. 236 Many wise Befoled have hem self er this. 1622 Heylin Cosmogr. iii. (1682) 220 Befooling him with as glorious Titles. 1673 H. Stubbe Furth. Vind. Dutch War App. 81 The old R...
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Obadiah Bull
rench] boul, boule, bole fraud, deceit, trickery; mod[ern] Icel[andic] bull ‘nonsense’; also M[iddle] E[nglish] bull BUL ‘falsehood’, and BULL v.3, to befool
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bejape
† beˈjape, v. Obs. [f. be- 2 + jape v.] trans. To play a trick on; to trick or befool.1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xviii. 290 God wil nouȝt be bigiled..ne bi-iaped. c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 727 And hast by⁓japed here the duke Theseus. a 1420 Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 112 The smert of thought..hath..so me by-...
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beknave
beknave, v. (bɪˈneɪv) [f. be- 5 + knave n.] trans. To treat as a knave, to call ‘knave.’c 1525 Skelton Agst. Garnesche 9 So currysly to be⁓knave me in the kynges place. 1539 Taverner Gard. Wysed. ii. 16 a, Some we call Pharisees, we be knave, we defye as naughtye papistes. c 1720 Pope Gentle Sheph. ...
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unbefool
unbeˈfool, v. (un-2 3.)a 1684 Leighton Serm. Ps. cvii. 43 Wks. (1859) 512/2 The strange woman..calls the fools to befool them:..but wisdom calls them, to unbefool them. a 1716 South Serm. (1744) VII. viii. 175 He that recovers a fool must first unbefool him to that degree, as to perswade him of his ...
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puppify
† ˈpuppify, v. Obs. rare. [f. puppy n. + -fy.] trans. To make a puppy of; to befool.1642 Howell Twelve Treat. (1661) 91 Never was there a poor people so purblinded and Puppified, if I may say so, as I finde them to be. 1660 ― Parly of Beasts 29 Never any who did fool and puppifie themselfs into such...
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bedote
† beˈdote, v. Obs. [f. be- 3 + dote.] trans. To cause to dote, make silly, befool.c 1385 Chaucer L.G.W. 1547 Ffor to be-dote this queen was here assent. 1449 Pecock Repr. 145 Salomon..fonned and bidotid with his wijfis, made ydolis false goddis. 1583 Golding Calvin on Deut. clxxxiii. 1139 So bedoted...
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bitrufle
† biˈtrufle, v. Obs. rare—1. [ME., f. bi-, be- 4 + truflen to trifle.] trans. To befool, delude.c 1225 Ancr. R. 106 Þeos ant oðre trufles þet he bitrufleð monie men mide.
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为什么要改革英语高考考试形式,并调整其在招生录取中的权重?
高考取消英语,根本不是要befool the masses。国家开放了,网络也部分开放着,恰恰是最需要“愚”的那帮“民”,他们最幻想外国的好,最奢望学好外语能赚大钱。而精英阶层,无论是政治精英、经济精英,还是知识精英,要让他们相信英语没用,难度就和让他们相信钱是万恶之源一样大。
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bedaff
† 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...
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idiotize
idiotize, v. (ˈɪdɪətaɪz) [f. as prec. + -ize; cf. Gr. ἰδιωτίζ-ειν to put into common language.] † 1. intr. To act in a way peculiar to themselves (cf. idiotism 3 d). Obs.1716 M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. Crit. Hist. 11 Foreign Calvinists..disown and condemn our Dissenters for Idiotizing as well as Sc...
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begeck
▪ I. † beˈgeck, v. Obs. or Sc. Also -gaik, -geik. [f. be- + geck v.] To befool, to gull; to jilt.a 1513 Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 452 With gret engyne to begaik [v.r. beiaip] ther ielyus husbandis. 1768 Ross Helenore 85 (Jam.) Ye'd better want him than he sud begeck you.▪ II. † beˈgeck, n. Obs. or Sc....
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afole
† aˈfole, v. Obs. [a. OFr. afole-r to befool; f. à to + fol fool, foolish: see fool.] To befool.a 1250 Owl & Night. 206 Ich wot he is nu suthe acoled, Nis he vor the noȝt afoled. c 1314 Guy Warw. 20 Al to michel thou art afoild, Now thi blod it is acoild.
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assot
† aˈssot, v. Obs. Forms: 2 asottie, 4 asote, 4–5 assote, 6–8 assot. [a. OF. a(s)soter, f. à to + sot fool, sot.] 1. intr. To become or act like a fool; to become infatuated, foolishly fond, madly in love.c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 17 Gif þu hine iseȝe þet he wulle asottie to þes deofles hond. 1393 Gower Conf...
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