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▪ I. infatuate, ppl. a. (and n.)|ɪnˈfætjuːət|
Also 6 enfatuate, infatuat.
[ad. L. infatuāt-us, pa. pple. of infatuāre: see next.]
= infatuated. Hence as n., an infatuated person.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. i. xiii. in Ashm. (1652) 132 Soe many one doth whych bene infatuate. c1510Barclay Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570) F vj, Gasing on the ground as one infatuate. a1529Skelton Sp. Parrot 377 The dull abusyd brayne The enfatuate fantasie. 1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xvi. v. (1886) 403 What man..will be so infatuate as to beleeve these lies? 1619W. Sclater Exp. 1 Thess. (1630) 223. 1724 R. Welton Subst. Chr. Faith 443 The holy prophet mourns the infatuate stupidity of that people. 1884Jessopp in 19th Cent. Mar. 405 He often exhibits an infatuate attachment for it. 1934in Webster (the n.). 1949Scrutiny XVI. 210 The earlier criticism of Antony and Cleopatra tended to stress the down⁓fall of the soldier in the middle-aged infatuate.
▪ II. infatuate, v.|ɪnˈfætjuːeɪt|
Also 7 en-.
[f. prec., or L. infatuāt-, ppl. stem of infatuāre to make a fool of, infatuate, f. in- (in-2) + fatuus foolish, fatuous.]
†1. trans. To turn (counsels, etc.) into folly, to reduce to foolishness, exhibit the foolishness of; to confound, frustrate, bring to nought. Obs.
1533Tindale Supper of Lord Wks. (Parker Soc.) III. 234 God hath infatuated your high subtle wisdom. 1655R. Younge Agst. Drunkards (1863) 16 That I have unmasked their faces, is to infatuate their purpose. 1683Lond. Gaz. No. 1856/5 That the Divine Wisdom may infatuate the Plots, baffle the Enterprizes of all Traiterous Conspirators. 1724R. Welton Subst. Chr. Faith 139 He prays that God would infatuate their counsels.
2. To make (a person) utterly foolish or fatuous; to affect with extreme and unreasoning folly; to inspire or possess with an extravagant passion.
a1567? Coverdale Carrying of Cross iv. Wks. (Parker Soc.) II. 241 Therefore doth God justly infatuate them, and maketh them foolish. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. iii. xiii, Those two maine plagues..of humane kind, Wine and Women, which haue infatuated and besotted Myriades of people. a1631Donne 6 Serm. (1634) ii. 40 We shall be enfatuated in our counsels. 1712Steele Spect. No. 278 ⁋1 He has so infatuated her with his Jargon, that [etc.]. 1791Boswell Johnson (1831) III. 525 He partook of the short-lived joy that infatuated the public. 1860Emerson Cond. Life, Fate Wks. (Bohn) II. 325 All the toys that infatuate men..are the selfsame thing, with a new gauze or two of illusion overlaid.
absol.1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter i. 6 He..can turn bread into stones; and make wine infatuate, not exhilarate. 1755Young Centaur ii. Wks. 1757 IV. 136 Heaven infatuates, when it determines to destroy.
†3. To stupefy (the senses). Obs. rare.
1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 138 The chiefest Things they are us'd for, is to infatuate Birds. |