"betrick" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: betricks [present, singular, third-person], betricking [participle, present], betricked [participle, past], betricked [past]
Etymology: From be- (“at, on, upon”) + trick. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|trick|t1=at, on, upon}} be- (“at, on, upon”) + trick Head templates: {{en-verb}} betrick (third-person singular simple present betricks, present participle betricking, simple past and past participle betricked)
  1. (transitive) To play a trick on; to trick Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-betrick-en-verb-cjBzvqkT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

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          "text": "Thoughts cannot reach this world, yet clandestinely\n'Tis in the hearts of mankind; even, from their scripts.\nI got to liberate my being from this existential mode,\nFor it betricks my life into thinking that I am really\nFree within these chains of death, but still I am just a\nNew fool plainly, tricked in, even, this vicious circle.",
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