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  1. enamor love

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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To inspire with love; captivate: was enamored of the beautiful dancer; were enamored with the charming island.

Wiktionary

  1. v. 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.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; -- with of, or with, before the person or thing

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. attract; cause to be enamored

Etymologies

  1. Old French enamourer, enamorer; prefix en- (Latin in) + Old French & French amour ("love"), Latin amor. See amour, and confer inamorato. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English enamouren, from Old French enamourer : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + amour, love; see amour. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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