Infatuate /(?; 135)/

In·fat·u·ate

Infatuate

a.
  1. Infatuated.

Infatuate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Infatuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Infatuating

  1. To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment.
    The judgment of God will be very visible in infatuating a people . . . ripe and prepared for destruction.
  2. To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming.
    The people are . . . infatuated with the notion.