Helen Fenton

Befool: Definition and part of speech

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Befool

  1. v. t. To cause to behave like a fool; to make foolish.
  2. v. t. To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Before: Definition and part of speech

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Before

  1. adv. Earlier; sooner than; until then.
  2. prep. In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house.
  3. prep. Preceding in time; earlier than; previously to; anterior to the time when; — sometimes with the additional idea of purpose; in order that.
  4. prep. An advance of; farther onward, in place or time.
  5. prep. Prior or preceding in dignity, order, rank, right, or worth; rather than.
  6. prep. In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing.
  7. prep. Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of.
  8. prep. Open for; free of access to; in the power of.
  9. adv. On the fore part; in front, or in the direction of the front; — opposed to in the rear.
  10. adv. In advance.
  11. 1adv. 1 Earlier; sooner than; until then.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Beforehand: Definition and part of speech

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Beforehand

  1. a. In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
  2. adv. In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; — often followed by with.
  3. adv. By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.