enamored


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en·am·or

 (ĭ-năm′ər)
tr.v. en·am·ored, en·am·or·ing, en·am·ors
To inspire with love; captivate: was enamored of the beautiful dancer; were enamored with the charming island.

[Middle English enamouren, from Old French enamourer : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + amour, love; see amour.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.enamored - marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her"
loving - feeling or showing love and affection; "loving parents"; "loving glances"
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enamored

adjective
Affected with intense romantic attraction:
Slang: gone.
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References in classic literature ?
Still continuing no less attached to union than enamored of liberty, they observed the danger which immediately threatened the former and more remotely the latter; and being pursuaded that ample security for both could only be found in a national government more wisely framed, they as with one voice, convened the late convention at Philadelphia, to take that important subject under consideration.
She had been perfectly sure that the enamored Billy had no chance at all of inducing Anne to marry him.
A half-witted boy of the school became enamored of the young master.
At a very early age--perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass--she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.
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In fact, Kotaku reports that players and fans of the Persona series have been so enamored by the game's battle interface that they've begun attaching it just about every photo they can think of, from stills of film classics such as 'The Shining' and 'Pulp Fiction', to images from the video game 'Donkey Kong'.
The "perfume" of Sallie Tisdale's work will be enticing to all readers enamored of the essay form.
You've likely noticed Duke has been enamored with the guns of WWII the past few years.
As he told me recently, he was enamored as a boy with the rather elderly school matron there, also a Peace Corps volunteer, who rode around on an antique bicycle and also organized the great war on bedbugs in the boys' (Deanley) hostel.
Hamilton was so enamored, we asked him to review the taste experience for us:
Her kidnapper, enamored of her, forced her to convert to Islam and to raise his children.
If Germany is so enamored of Forsythe, then perhaps he should remain there.