enamor

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ɪˈnamə/
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/ɪˈnamə/ · /ɪˈnæmɚ/

Definition of enamor

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (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

  1. (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.”
  2. (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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