infatuate

== English == === Pronunciation === verb IPA(key): /ɪnˈfætjuˌ(w)eɪt/, /ɪnˈfætʃuˌ(w)eɪt/ adjective, noun IPA(key): /ɪnˈfætju(w)ət/, /ɪnˈfætʃu(w)ət/ === Etymology 1 === First attested in 1533; from Middle English infatuate and/or borrowed from Latin infatuātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 2 for more. ==== Verb ==== infatuate (third-person singular simple present infatuates, present participle infatuating, simple past and past participle infatuated) (transitive) To inspire with unreasoning love, attachment or enthusiasm. (transitive, obsolete) To make foolish. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === First attested in 1477, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English infatuate (“foolish”, adjective), from Latin infatuātus, perfect passive participle of infatuō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). ==== Adjective ==== infatuate (comparative more infatuate, superlative most infatuate) (obsolete) Infatuated, foolishly attracted to someone. (obsolete) Foolish, lacking good judgement. 1623, Joseph Hall, Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old and New Testaments (original title Contemplations vpon the Historie of the Old Testament), Edinburgh: Ja. Robertson et al., 1796, Volume 2, Book 18, Contemplation 4, p. 167,[5] There was never wicked man that was not infatuate, and in nothing more than in those things wherein he hoped most to transcend the reach of others. ==== Noun ==== infatuate (plural infatuates) (obsolete) Infatuated person. 1771, Elizabeth Griffith, The History of Lady Barton, London: T. Davies & T. Cadell, Volume I, Letter 26, p. 183,[7] […] she has a number of relations here, brothers and cousins, by the dozen; but they are all priests, and I am apprehensive that some of these infatuates may persuade her to quit me, and lock her up in a convent […] == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== infatuate inflection of infatuare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== infatuate f pl feminine plural of infatuato == Latin == === Verb === īnfatuāte second-person plural present active imperative of īnfatuō == Spanish == === Verb === infatuate second-person singular voseo imperative of infatuar combined with te