To infatuate; to make foolish. "For, fooled with hope, men favor the deceit."
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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. "You are fooled, discarded, and shook off By him for whom these shames ye underwent."
To fool away, to get rid of foolishly; to spend in trifles, idleness, folly, or without advantage.
... you kin take it out in wantin'. Think she got time to fool away on a nigger sprout like you-all? Light a shuck back to the stable, where ... — Mavericks • William MacLeod Raine
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