enamor
12 synonyms and 4 antonyms for enamor, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To make someone fall in love.
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1. verb
To make someone fall in love.
“He was offered a chair in the university and a course abroad. But he hesitated. There was a girl of whom he became enamored, so he contemplated marriage and political activity.”
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Etymology
From Middle English enamouren, a late back-formation from enamoured, itself a partial calque of Old French enamore, past participle of enamorer, enamourer, equivalent to prefix en- + amor + -er. See amour, and compare inamorato.
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