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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Infatuate \In*fat"u*ate\ (?; 135), a. [L. infatuatus p. p. of infatuare to infatuate; pref. in- in + fatuus foolish. See {Fatuous}.] Infatuated. --Bp. Hall. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Infatuate \In*fat"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infatuated}; p. pr & vb n. {Infatuating}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: infatuate v : make passionate, of foolish passions
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