† foolifyv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make a fool of (someone); to make (something) foolish or seem foolish; (sometimes) spec. to trick, deceive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, cheat, dupe [verb (transitive)]
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1581 M. Hanmer Iesuites Banner sig. A3v They are foolified in them selues.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 80 God in Justice doth so foolifie their malice, that [etc.].
1676 Doctr. of Devils xxv. 98 If the Devil can delude our sights, foolifie our senses, or take any mans shape upon him, how are, how can we be sure that Christ's Resurrection was a real Truth?
1771 London Mag. Feb. 93/1 I never yet, to use your expression, foolified myself in print, but by controversy I have foolified others.
Derivatives
foolified adj. fooled; made to seem foolish.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [adjective] > fooled, duped
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1584 R. Cosin Answer to Two Fyrst & Principall Treat. ii. 238 Our plurified men, as this foolified phrasefiner termeth them.
1585 J. Stell in T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie Ep. Ded. ⁋iij b Talking fondly of a thing wherein I have no practise, as somtimes did foolified Phormio.
1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids xi. 972 Circling, with policie, Her foolified foe.
foolifying n. the action of making something foolish or appear foolish.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun]
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1618 N. Breton Court & Country sig. B4v Is not the Clownyfying of wit the Foolifying of vnderstanding?
1645 J. Vicars Gods Arke 165 The nullifying, and foolifying of the Oxonian Propositions for a falsely pretended Peace.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020).
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