Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To befool; make a fool of.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To make a daff or fool of.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To befool; make a fool of.
  • verb transitive To confound or stupefy.

Etymologies

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From Middle English bedaffen, bidaffen, equivalent to be- +‎ daff.

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