FOOL

vt to infatuate; to make foolish.

2. fool ·noun one who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person.

3. fool ·noun one destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.

4. fool ·noun a compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream;

— commonly called gooseberry fool.

5. fool ·vi to play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.

6. fool ·noun a person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt.

7. fool ·vt 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.

8. fool ·noun one who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.