enamour

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To enamour, as the zone of Venus once

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  1. verb Chiefly British Variant of enamor.

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  • Calypso music, which is said to have originated as a genus of Caribbean folk music, has evolved to enamour the likes of other genres of music, favouring the likes of Soul and Calypso to make "Soca". —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • For slightly less expensive options that will still enamour the palate, make for the ever-green Ocean Basket and Quay Four Brassiere, all within a hop, skip and a jump of the opulent marina apartments at the V&A Waterfront. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Ere half this tale was done, "Ay me," Leander cried, "th' enamour'd sun, That now should shine on Thetis' glassy bower, Descends upon my radiant Hero's tower: O, that these tardy arms of mine were wings!" —  Hero and Leander and Other Poems
  • The lacquey, there, oft dupes the wary sire, And, artful, speeds th'enamour'd son's desire. —  Poemata : Latin, Greek and Italian Poems by John Milton
  • 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! —  Paradise Regained
 

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  1. Also written, but rarely, enamor; from Middle English enamoured, past participle, from Old French enamourer, enamorer, French enamourer = Provencal Spanish Portuguese enamorar, namorar = Italian innamorare, from Middle Latin inamorare, put in love, inamorari, be in love, from Latin in, in, + amor (later F. amour, etc.), love: see amor, amorous.
 

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/ɛˈnæmər/
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