enamour
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of enamour
C14: from Old French enamourer, from amour love, from Latin amor
Example Sentences
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One reading of José Mourinho’s criticism of Manchester United supporters is that it is hardly going to enamour the manager to them.
From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2017
If all beauties were to enamour and captivate, the hearts of mankind would be in a continual state of perplexity and confusion—for beautiful objects being infinite, the sentiments they inspire should also be infinite.
From Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
For him to fall in love was itself a violent peripety, bound to produce a violent upheaval; and such was his pride that for his love to be unrequited would naturally enamour him of death.
From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
In world may come romance, With all the lures of love and glamour; And woesome tragedy will chance To him whom fairy forms enamour.
From AE in the Irish Theosophist by Russell, George William
Him whom thou dost once enamour, Thou, beloved, never leavest; In life's discord, strife, and clamor, Still he feels thy spell of glamour; Him of Hope thou ne'er bereavest.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
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