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Definition of Infatuate
1. Verb. Arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way. "Love has infatuated her"
Derivative terms: Infatuation, Infatuation, Infatuation
Definition of Infatuate
1. a. Infatuated.
2. v. t. To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment.
Definition of Infatuate
1. Verb. (transitive) To inspire with unreasoning love or attachment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Infatuate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Infatuate
Literary usage of Infatuate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Translating Homer by Matthew Arnold (1896)
"It is a real fault, when Mr. Newman has :— infatuate ! O that thou wert lord to
some other army - for here again the reader is required, not for any special ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"... against us : infatuate their policies, enfeeble their strength, and prevent
them in their devilish purposes, that seek to prevent thee in thy judgments, ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... it is ten to one but an old woman is clapt up in prison for it. The carriage
of our atheists or deists is amazing: no dotage so infatuate, ..."
4. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1909)
"Yea, and I too once was like to have been prosperous among men, but many an
infatuate deed I did, giving place to mine own hardihood and strength, ..."
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