Hypertext Webster Gateway: "infatuate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Infatuate \In*fat"u*ate\ (?; 135), a. [L. infatuatus, p. p. of
infatuare to infatuate; pref. in- in + fatuus foolish. See
{Fatuous}.]
Infatuated. --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Infatuate \In*fat"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infatuated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {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. --Clarendon.
2. To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to
be infatuated with gaming.
The people are . . . infatuated with the notion.
--Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
infatuate
v : make passionate, of foolish passions
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