infatuate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
    • His new car has infatuated him
    • love has infatuated her

WordNet

In*fat"u*ate adjective
Etymology
L. infatuatus, p. p. of infatuare to infatuate; pref. in- in + fatuus foolish. See Fatuous.
Definitions
  1. Infatuated. Bp. Hall.
In*fat"u*ate transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Infatuated ; present participle & verbal noun Infatuating
Definitions
  1. To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment.
    The judgment of God will be very visible in infatuating a people . . . ripe and prepared for destruction. Clarendon.
  2. To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming.
    The people are . . . infatuated with the notion. Addison.

Webster 1913