misfool

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ fool.

Verb

misfool (third-person singular simple present misfools, present participle misfooling, simple past and past participle misfooled)

(dialect) To fool or deceive; to cause to be mistaken.
- 1982, Robert Herring, Hub, page 197:
  Well, I'm blamed! Come that close agin and me watchin' too. Misfooled me. I'll give him that much.
- 1995, Sonya Birmingham, Frost Flower, page 101:
  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?"
- 1997, Rose Cecil O'Neill, Miriam Forman-Brunell, The Story of Rose O'Neill: An Autobiography, page 69:
  Uncle Jake was misfooled by what Jeff told him.