unfool

U1N1F4O1O1L1
/ʌnˈfuːl/

verb

To restore from folly, from being a fool, or from being foolish.

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Meanings

verbunfool (third-person singular simple present unfools, present participle unfooling, simple past and past participle unfooled)

present singular third person unfools · participle present unfooling · participle past unfooled · past unfooled

  1. transitiveTo restore from folly, from being a fool, or from being foolish.

    haue you any way then to vnfoole me againe. Set downe the basket

    c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]

Origin

From un- + fool.

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfool,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfool.

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