"bedaff" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: bedaffs [present, singular, third-person], bedaffing [participle, present], bedaffed [past], bedaffed [participle, past], bedaft [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English bedaffen, bidaffen, equivalent to be- + daff. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bedaffen}} Middle English bedaffen, {{m|enm|bidaffen}} bidaffen, {{prefix|en|be|daff}} be- + daff Head templates: {{en-verb|past_ptc2=bedaft}} bedaff (third-person singular simple present bedaffs, present participle bedaffing, simple past bedaffed, past participle bedaffed or bedaft)
  1. (transitive) To befool; make a fool of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bedaff-en-verb-Tr3ulyJo
  2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To confound or stupefy. Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-bedaff-en-verb-EacNAsw2 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bedaft

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