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infatuate

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in⋅fat⋅u⋅ate

  [v. in-fach-oo-eyt; adj., n. in-fach-oo-it, -eyt] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing, adjective, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
2. to affect with folly; make foolish or fatuous.
–adjective
3. infatuated.
–noun
4. a person who is infatuated.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < L infatuātus, ptp. of infatuāre. See in- 2 , fatuous, -ate 1

Related forms:
in⋅fat⋅u⋅a⋅tor, noun
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in·fat·u·ate   (ĭn-fāch'ōō-āt')   
tr.v.   in·fat·u·at·ed, in·fat·u·at·ing, in·fat·u·ates

  1. To inspire with unreasoning love or attachment.

  2. To cause to behave foolishly.

adj.   (-ĭt, -āt')
Infatuated.

[Latin īnfatuāre, īnfatuāt- : in-, causative pref.; see in-2 + fatuus, foolish.]
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Word Origin & History

infatuate 
1471, from L. infatuatus, pp. of infatuare "make a fool of, infatuate," from in- "in" + fatuus "foolish."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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