Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Befool

Befool ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb

[Old English befolen; pref. be- + fol fool.]

1.
To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.
This story... contrived to befool credulous men. — Fuller
2.
To cause to behave like a fool; to make foolish.
Some befooling drug. — G. Eliot