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enamour, v.|ɛˈnæmə(r)|
Forms: 4–5 anamo(u)r, -er, 4–9 enamor (6 ennamor), 5 enamur, 7 enamore, inamor, -our, 4– enamour.
[a. OF. enamour-er, f. en- (see en-1) + amour love (see amour); equivalent formations are Pr., Sp., Pg. enamorar, It. innamorare.]
1. trans. To inspire or inflame with love. Chiefly pass. to be enamoured: to be in love. Const. of, † on, † upon, with. Also fig.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 8170 A grete mayster and a syre Was anamourde so on hyre. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 1606 She wex enamoured vpon this man. 1494Fabyan vi. clxxvii. 174 Of this Lowys, it is testifyed..that he shulde enamoure hymselfe vpon a menchon [i.e. nun]. 1530Palsgr. 532/1 She hath as many craftes to enamour a foole upon her as any queene in this towne. 1549Coverdale Erasm. Par. 2 Cor. iii. 8 So is oure soule euerye daye more and more secreatelye enamoured. 1590Shakes. Mids. N. iv. i. 82 Me-thought I was enamoured of an Asse. a1626W. Sclater Sermons Experimentall (1638) 210 Methinks, therefore, that I might enamore you of love towards this mercy of God in Christ Jesus. 1629Donne Whitsund. Serm., Gen. i. 2 Wks. 1839 I. 58 Lord, thou hast enamoured me, made me in love. 1671Milton P.R. ii. 211 Should she..Descend with all her winning charms begirt To enamour. c1750Shenstone Solicitude 5 With her mien she enamours the brave. 1801Wellington in Gurw. Disp. I. 336 It appears that he was much enamored of one of the Koorg Rajah's sisters. 1858Longfellow Epimeth. x, Him whom thou dost once enamour. 1878Browning La Saisiaz 32 Where that lady lives of whom enamoured was my soul.
2. In weaker sense: To charm, delight, fascinate. Chiefly pass. Const. of, † on, † with.
1590Shakes. Mids. N. iii. i. 141 Mine eare is much enamored of thy note. 1647J. Saltmarsh Sparkl. Glory (1847) 107 Those only graces that the world can..be enamoured on in God's people. 1692South Serm. (1697) I. 11 Whether..Anger..Revenge..Wantonness..could have at all affected or enamour'd the mind of the same Socrates. 1742Richardson Pamela III. 55 Lord Davers himself is become inamour'd of your Letters. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 83 They are so much enamoured of your fair and equal representation. 1866Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 262, I am not so much enamoured of the first and third subjects.
¶3. To desire passionately, fall in love with.
1854Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 445 The pining spirit Which doth enamour immortality. |