enamor en · VERB
Pronunciation
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.
Meanings
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(US, followed by "of" or "with", in the passive) To cause to be in love.
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; [...]
1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III:Me-thought I was enamoured of an Asse.
1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act IV, Scene I: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.
1900, Leo Tolstoy, chapter 86, in William E. Smith, transl., The Awakening: The Resurrection:
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(US, in the passive) To captivate.
Passionately enamoured of this shadow of a dream.
1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| enamoring | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enamour | alternative | lexicographic | |
| enamors | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| inamour | alternative | lexicographic | |
| enamored | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enamored | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| inamor | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
enamorate · enamorment · enamoration
Relateds
fall out of love · unlove · fall in love · love
Translations (17)
de erobern (to inflame with love) · ca enamorar (to inflame with love) · es adamar (to inflame with love) · mk се вљу́би (to inflame with love) · pl rozkochać (to inflame with love) · hy սիրահարեցնել (to inflame with love) · pl oczarowywać (to inflame with love) · pl rozkochiwać (to inflame with love) · hy դյութել (to inflame with love) · fi rakastua (to inflame with love) · hy գրավել (to inflame with love) · pl oczarować (to inflame with love) · cs okouzlit (to inflame with love) · es enamorarse (to inflame with love) · ru очаровать (to inflame with love) · hy հմայել (to inflame with love) · mi tokomauri (to inflame with love)