in|fat|u|ate

in|fat|u|ate
in|fat|u|ate «verb. ihn FACH u ayt; adjective, noun. ihn FACH u iht, -ayt», verb, -at|ed, -at|ing, adjective, noun.
–v.t.
1. to inspire with a foolish, extreme, or unreasoning passion: »

to be infatuated by a woman. Some to the fashion of a name Surrender judgment, hood-wink'd. Some the style [of a book] infatuates (William Cowper).

2. to make foolish.
–adj.
= infatuated. (Cf. ↑infatuated)
–n.
an infatuated person: »

Incensed by infatuates with facism,…she [Dame Rebecca West] eventually agreed to write…a series of papers (Atlantic).

╂[< Latin infatuāre (with English -ate1) < in- in + fatuus foolish, (literally) garrulous < fārī speak]

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