The Collaborative International Dictionary
Infatuate \In*fat"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infatuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Infatuating.]
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To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment.
The judgment of God will be very visible in infatuating a people . . . ripe and prepared for destruction.
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To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming.
The people are . . . infatuated with the notion.
--Addison.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of infatuate English)
Usage examples of "infatuating".
Yes, it had been infatuating and confusing, the exquisitely tooled leather paddles and straps and the welts they caused, the exacting discipline that had so often left her crying and breathless.
It was all a big, infatuating game," he snorted, "right up until this year.
Under this infatuating principle, counteracted by no real affection for her sister, it was impossible for her to aim at more than the credit of projecting and arranging so expensive a charity.