infatuate

infatuate
    v 1: arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave
         in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him";
         "love has infatuated her"
    

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.
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Infatuate \In*fat"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infatuated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Infatuating}.]
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   1. To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the
      intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment.
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            The judgment of God will be very visible in
            infatuating a people . . . ripe and prepared for
            destruction.                          --Clarendon.
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   2. To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to
      be infatuated with gaming.
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            The people are . . . infatuated with the notion.
                                                  --Addison.
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85 Moby Thesaurus words for "infatuate":
      addict, admirer, adorer, aficionado, allure, amorist, attract,
      becharm, befool, beguile, beset, besotted, bewitch, buff, bug,
      captivate, carry away, cast a spell, charm, collector, compel,
      crank, demon, devotee, dotty, draw on, drive, dupe, eager beaver,
      enamor, enamored, enchant, endear, energumen, enrapture, enravish,
      enthrall, enthusiast, entrance, faddist, fan, fanatic, fanatico,
      fascinate, fiend, follower, freak, great one for, grip, gull,
      hobbyist, hold, hold in thrall, hound, hypnotize, impel,
      inflame with love, intrigue, lover, lunatic fringe, mesmerize,
      monomaniac, not let go, nut, obsess, paramour, possess, preoccupy,
      pursuer, put on, rhapsodist, seduce, spell, spellbind, stultify,
      sucker for, suitor, tantalize, tempt, transport, vamp, visionary,
      witch, wooer, zealot