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INFATUATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does infatuate mean? 

INFATUATE (verb)
  The verb INFATUATE has 1 sense:

1. arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way

  Familiarity information: INFATUATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INFATUATE (verb)


Sense 1infatuate [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Context examples:

His new car has infatuated him / love has infatuated her

Hypernyms (to "infatuate" is one way to...):

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody


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