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enamour

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en·am·our  (-nmr)
v. Chiefly British
Variant of enamor.

enamour US, enamor [ɪnˈæmə]
vb
(tr; usually passive and foll by of) to inspire with love; captivate; charm
[from Old French enamourer, from amour love, from Latin amor]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.enamourenamour - attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
hold - hold the attention of; "The soprano held the audience"; "This story held our interest"; "She can hold an audience spellbound"
attract, appeal - be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people"
work - gratify and charm, usually in order to influence; "the political candidate worked the crowds"
Translations
enamour enamor (US) [ɪˈnæməʳ] VT to be enamoured of (liter, hum) [+ person] → estar enamorado de; [+ thing] → estar entusiasmado con
enamour, (US) enamor
vt to be enamoured of somebody (= in love with)in jdn verliebt sein; to be enamoured of something (= taken by)von etw angetan or entzückt sein; she was not exactly enamoured of the ideasie war von der Idee nicht gerade begeistert


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My reading from the first was such as to enamour me of clearness, of definiteness; anything left in the vague was intolerable to me; but my long subjection to Pope, while it was useful in other ways, made me so strictly literary in my point of view that sometimes I could not see what was, if more naturally approached and without any technical preoccupation, perfectly transparent.
Or should she, confident, As sitting queen adored on Beauty's throne, Descend with all her winning charms begirt To enamour, as the zone of Venus once Wrought that effect on Jove (so fables tell), How would one look from his majestic brow, Seated as on the top of Virtue's hill, Discountenance her despised, and put to rout All her array, her female pride deject, Or turn to reverent awe
 
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