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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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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