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Enamor

Enamor \En*am"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enamored; p. pr. & vb. n. Enamoring.] [OF. enamourer, enamorer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. & F. amour love, L. amor. See Amour, and cf. Inamorato.] To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; -- with of, or with, before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of books or science. [Written also enamour.]

Passionately enamored of this shadow of a dream.
--W. Irving.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
enamor

c.1300, from Old French enamorer "to fall in love with; to inspire love" (12c., Modern French enamourer), from en- "in, into" (see en- (1)) + amor "love," from amare "to love" (see Amy). Since earliest appearance in English, it has been used chiefly in the past participle ( enamored) and with of or with. An equivalent formation to Provençal, Spanish, Portuguese enamorar, Italian innamorare.

Wiktionary
enamor

vb. To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; — with ''of'', or ''with'', before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of books or science.

WordNet
enamor

v. attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant]

Usage examples of "enamor".

Of course I am not enamored of any of the Claudian Marcelli, as you know.

In the midst of all this, Viviana apparently became so enamored of the possibilities that she took it upon herself to examine the Cluj cottage.

Enamored with esoteric deals, Winokur naturally emerged a huge Fastow fan.

My bull man would be thrilled to have the elephant, and my equestrian director, as you noticed, is enamored of those Friesian horses.

The major was enamored of Luis Ruiz de Vega, la Daga, the white Spanish blade.

My father, enamored of his island heritage, chose a Manxwoman for his wife.

Too enamored with the dark-haired girl, he hardly noticed the passing of time.

To pass the time, everybody was soon discussing how the tall young Greek with the elegant bearing had become enamored of the dark beauty who was never seen anywhere without her carved olivewood box.

And thou, O sun, who even now must be making haste to saddle thy steeds, and climb the heavens, and see my lady, I pray thee when thou seest her to greet her on my behalf, but be thou certain not to kiss her face when thou seest and greetest her, for then I shall be more envious of thee than thou wert of that fleet ingrate who madest thee to perspire and race across the plains of Thessaly or along the banks of the Peneus, for I do not remember precisely where thou rannest then so envious and enamored.

So saying, she broke away from the enamored Spikeman, and ran to acquaint her young mistress with all that had happened.

But then, both sisters were enamored of Squire Hawkinville in their pathetic, spinsterish way.

A deer had left droppings where it had paused to investigate the flower wreath, and the hounds became enamored with this fascinating reminder of its passage.

And although carnies honor eccentricity, they are no more enamored of homicidal psychopaths than is the straight world.

The two rather self-centered and somewhat irrational archimages, intent on and vastly enamored of their private war—though they were undoubtedly the cunningest and wisest sorcerers ever to exist in the World of Nehwon—were entirely adamant against the very sound four arguments Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser advanced in their self-defense: one, that they had stuck to the magician-set rules by first making certain to get the Mask of Death (or as much as they could of it) out of the Shadowland at whatever personal cost to themselves and diminishment of their self-respect.

The two rather self-centered and somewhat irrational archimages, intent on and vastly enamored of their private war -- though they were undoubtedly the cunningest and wisest sorcerers ever to exist in the World of Nehwon -- were entirely adamant against the very sound four arguments Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser advanced in their self-defense: one, that they had stuck to the magician-set rules by first making certain to get the Mask of Death (or as much as they could of it) out of the Shadowland at whatever personal cost to themselves and diminishment of their self-respect.