"misfool" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misfools [present, singular, third-person], misfooling [participle, present], misfooled [participle, past], misfooled [past]
Etymology: mis- + fool Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|fool}} mis- + fool Head templates: {{en-verb}} misfool (third-person singular simple present misfools, present participle misfooling, simple past and past participle misfooled)
  1. (dialect) To fool or deceive; to cause to be mistaken. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-misfool-en-verb-CVcPJrfW

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for misfool meaning in English (1.5kB)

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