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enamor

UK/ɪˈnamə//ɪˈnæmɚ/

enamor verb: to cause to be in love.

Verb

enamor (third-person singular simple present enamors, present participle enamoring, simple past and past participle enamored)

  1. (US) To cause to be in love.
    • Me-thought I was enamoured of an Asse.1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act IV, Scene I
    • By Phœbus, here's a moſt neate fine ſtreete; is't not? I proteſt to thee, I am enamord of this ſtreete now, more then of halfe the ſtreetes of Rome, againe; tis ſo polite, and terſe; [...]1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III
  2. (US) To captivate.
    • Passionately enamoured of this shadow of a dream.1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC

enamor meaning in Bengali

enamor in Bengali

কাউকে প্রেমে পড়িয়ে দেওয়া, প্রেমাসক্ত করে তোলা, মুগ্ধ করা, আকৃষ্ট করা

Antonyms of enamor

Forms of enamor

third-person singular presentenamors
present participleenamoring
past participleenamored
pastenamored
alternative formenamour
alternative forminamor
alternative forminamour

Origin of enamor

From Middle English enamouren, a late back-formation from enamoured, itself a partial calque of Old French enamore, past participle of enamorer, enamourer, equivalent to prefix en- + amor + -er. See amour, and compare inamorato.

Words formed from enamor

Words that rhyme with enamor

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Questions about enamor

What does enamor mean?
Enamor means to cause to be in love.
What is enamor in Bengali?
Enamor in Bengali is কাউকে প্রেমে পড়িয়ে দেওয়া, প্রেমাসক্ত করে তোলা, মুগ্ধ করা. See Enamor meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is enamor?
Enamor is a verb.
How do you pronounce enamor?
Enamor is pronounced /ɪˈnamə/ (UK).
What is the past tense of enamor?
The past tense of enamor is enamored.

Words near enamor in the dictionary

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  3. enaminoesters
  4. enaminone
  5. enaminones
  6. enamor
  7. enamor'd
  8. enamorado
  9. enamoradoes
  10. Enamorados
  11. enamorata

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