v. Obs. [f. BE- 5 + DAFF sb.] trans. To befool, make a fool of, make foolish. Hence Bedaft ppl. a., foolish, stupid.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Clerkes T., 1135. Beth not bedaffed for your innocence.
1572. Gascoigne, Flowers, Wks. (1587), 67. Bartholmew hys wits had so bedaft, That all seemed good.
1580. North, Plutarch, 105. When you come ysore [eye-sore] in all your factes Then are you blynde, dull witted and bedaft.
