a. [ L. infatuatus, p. p. of infatuare to infatuate; pref. in- in + fatuus foolish. See Fatuous. ] Infatuated. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The judgment of God will be very visible in infatuating a people . . . ripe and prepared for destruction. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
The people are . . . infatuated with the notion. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Overcome by some foolish passion or desire; affected by infatuation. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. infatuatio: cf. F. infatuation. ] The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates. [ 1913 Webster ]
The infatuations of the sensual and frivolous part of mankind are amazing; but the infatuations of the learned and sophistical are incomparably more so. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such is the infatuation of self-love. Blair. [ 1913 Webster ]