in·fat·u·ate (ĭn-făch′o͞o-āt′) tr.v. in·fat·u·at·ed ,
in·fat·u·at·ing ,
in·fat·u·ates 1. To inspire with unreasoning love or attachment.
2. To cause to behave foolishly.
adj. (-ĭt, -āt′) Infatuated.
[Latin īnfatuāre , īnfatuāt- : in- , causative pref. ; see in- 2 + fatuus , foolish .]
in·fat′u·a′tion (-ā′shən) n.
infatuate vb (
tr )
1. to inspire or fill with foolish, shallow, or extravagant passion
2. to cause to act foolishly
n literary a person who is infatuated
[C16: from Latin infatuāre, from in-2 + fatuus fatuous]
in•fat•u•ate (v. ɪnˈfætʃ uˌeɪt; adj., n. -ɪt, -ˌeɪt) v. -at•ed, -at•ing, adj., n. v.t. 1. to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning admiration or love.
2. to affect with folly; make foolish or fatuous.
adj. 3. characterized by foolish or irrational love or desire; infatuated.
n. 4. a person who is infatuated.
[1425–75; late Middle English < Latin infatuātus, past participle of infatuāre to make into a fool]
in•fat′u•a`tor, n.
infatuate Past participle: infatuatedGerund: infatuatingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative infatuate infatuate
Present I infatuate you infatuate he/she/it infatuates we infatuate you infatuate they infatuate
Preterite I infatuated you infatuated he/she/it infatuated we infatuated you infatuated they infatuated
Present Continuous I am infatuating you are infatuating he/she/it is infatuating we are infatuating you are infatuating they are infatuating
Present Perfect I have infatuated you have infatuated he/she/it has infatuated we have infatuated you have infatuated they have infatuated
Past Continuous I was infatuating you were infatuating he/she/it was infatuating we were infatuating you were infatuating they were infatuating
Past Perfect I had infatuated you had infatuated he/she/it had infatuated we had infatuated you had infatuated they had infatuated
Future I will infatuate you will infatuate he/she/it will infatuate we will infatuate you will infatuate they will infatuate
Future Perfect I will have infatuated you will have infatuated he/she/it will have infatuated we will have infatuated you will have infatuated they will have infatuated
Future Continuous I will be infatuating you will be infatuating he/she/it will be infatuating we will be infatuating you will be infatuating they will be infatuating
Present Perfect Continuous I have been infatuating you have been infatuating he/she/it has been infatuating we have been infatuating you have been infatuating they have been infatuating
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been infatuating you will have been infatuating he/she/it will have been infatuating we will have been infatuating you will have been infatuating they will have been infatuating
Past Perfect Continuous I had been infatuating you had been infatuating he/she/it had been infatuating we had been infatuating you had been infatuating they had been infatuating
Conditional I would infatuate you would infatuate he/she/it would infatuate we would infatuate you would infatuate they would infatuate
Past Conditional I would have infatuated you would have infatuated he/she/it would have infatuated we would have infatuated you would have infatuated they would have infatuated