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Infatuate   Listen
verb
Infatuate  v. t.  (past & past part. infatuated; pres. part. infatuating)  
1.
To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment. "The judgment of God will be very visible in infatuating a people... ripe and prepared for destruction."
2.
To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming. "The people are... infatuated with the notion."





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"Infatuate" Quotes from Famous Books



... merited. Ay, in spite of reason, my Lord Duke, restore to me these papers unread, that I may destroy them. For otherwise, I swear to you that without gain to yourself—without gain, O God!—you wreck alike the happiness of an innocent woman and of an honest gentleman. And otherwise—O infatuate!" she wailed, and wrung ...
— Gallantry - Dizain des Fetes Galantes • James Branch Cabell


Words linked to "Infatuate" :   infatuation, elicit, enkindle, kindle, fire, evoke, raise, arouse, provoke


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