enamor
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
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Definition of enamor
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(US)To cause to be in love.
“Me-thought I was enamoured of an Asse.”
“By Phœbus, here's a moſt neate fine ſtreete; is't not? I proteſt to thee, I am enamord of this ſtreete now, more then of halfe the ſtreetes of Rome, againe; tis ſo polite, and terſe; [...]”
“He was offered a chair in the university and a course abroad. But he hesitated. There was a girl of whom he became enamored, so he contemplated marriage and political activity.”
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verb
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(US)To cause to be in love.
“Me-thought I was enamoured of an Asse.”
“By Phœbus, here's a moſt neate fine ſtreete; is't not? I proteſt to thee, I am enamord of this ſtreete now, more then of halfe the ſtreetes of Rome, againe; tis ſo polite, and terſe; [...]”
“He was offered a chair in the university and a course abroad. But he hesitated. There was a girl of whom he became enamored, so he contemplated marriage and political activity.”
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(US)To captivate.
“Passionately enamoured of this shadow of a dream.”
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Etymology
From Middle English enamouren, a late back-formation from enamoured, itself a partial calque of Old French enamore, past participle of enamorer, enamourer, equivalent to prefix en- + amor + -er. See amour, and compare inamorato.
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