INFATUATE

a. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Infatuated. Bp. Hall.

2.
v.

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.

3.
v.

To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming. The people are . . . infatuated with the notion. Addison.