Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FOOL, v.t.

1. To treat with contempt; to disappoint; to defeat; to frustrate; to deceive; to impose on. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; / For fooled with hope, men favor the deceit. Dryden.
2. To infatuate; to make foolish. Shak.
3. To cheat; as, to fool one out of his money. To fool away, to spend in trifles, idleness, folly, or without advantage; as, to fool away time. #2. To spend for things of no value or use; to expend improvidently; as, to fool away money.