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Definition of Enthuse
1. Verb. Cause to feel enthusiasm. "The performance is likely to enthuse Sue"
2. Verb. Utter with enthusiasm. "Sam and Sue enthuse over the results of the experiment"
Generic synonyms: Mouth, Speak, Talk, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize
Definition of Enthuse
1. v. t. & i. To make or become enthusiastic.
Definition of Enthuse
1. Verb. (proscribed) to cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm or to be enthusiastic ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) to show enthusiasm ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enthuse
1. to show enthusiasm [v -THUSED, -THUSING, -THUSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enthuse
Literary usage of Enthuse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1972 enthuse The road to respectability has been a long one for enthuse, and
there are some who feel that it still has not arrived. ..."
2. Paris Days and London Nights by Alice Ziska Snyder, Milton Valentine Snyder (1921)
"CHAPTER XXIII Days of Wild Rumors—Kaiser Reported Ready to Abdicate— London Begins
to enthuse—Balfour Says "Germans Were Brutes in 1914 and Are Still ..."
3. The Hahnemannian Monthly (1890)
"lative topic, go without one. The sympathy and support of your presence alone
will be of incalculable value. The inspiration of numbers will enthuse our ..."
4. Words and Their Uses, Past and Present: A Study of the English Language by Richard Grant White (1882)
"But, with no disrespect to Southern scholarship, we may safely say that enthuse
was not made by the illogical process of going to the Greek root of a Greek ..."
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