Infatuate1. (a.) Infatuated.
2. (v. t.) To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment.
3. (v. t.) To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming.
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