Fool

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To Infatuate; to make foolish.

II. Fool ·noun One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person.

III. Fool ·noun One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.

IV. Fool ·noun A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream;

— commonly called gooseberry fool.

V. Fool ·vi To play the fool; to Trifle; to Toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.

VI. Fool ·noun A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt.

VII. Fool ·vt To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money.

VIII. Fool ·noun One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.

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