misfool
verbEtymology From mis- + fool.
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Dialectal To fool or deceive; to cause to be mistaken.
- Well, I'm blamed! Come that close agin and me watchin' too. Misfooled me. I'll give him that much.1982, Robert Herring, Hub, page 197:
- Don't let this flatlander misfool you, preacher,” he warned, holding out a fleshy hand. “How do you know he's what he claims to be?"1995, Sonya Birmingham, Frost Flower, page 101:
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- Uncle Jake was misfooled by what Jeff told him.1997, Rose Cecil O'Neill, Miriam Forman-Brunell, The Story of Rose O'Neill: An Autobiography, page 69: