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Synonyms

enamour

British  
/ ɪnˈæmə /

verb

  1. to inspire with love; captivate; charm

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

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 Sir Max Beerbohm

And over your cliffs they clamber, And over your vast they gaze; For the tides of you can enamour Even them with their woodland ways.

From Sea Poems by Cale Young Rice

Then why should more bewitching clamour Some lovers not as much enamour?

From Hudibras by Samuel Butler

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 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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