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enamoring

enamoring is the present participle and gerund of enamor.

Meaning of enamor

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
  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

Questions about enamoring

What is enamoring the present participle and gerund of?
Enamoring is the present participle and gerund of enamor.

Words near enamoring in the dictionary

  1. enamorations
  2. enamorato
  3. enamoratos
  4. enamored
  5. enamoredness
  6. enamoring
  7. enamorment
  8. enamorments
  9. enamors
  10. enamour
  11. enamour'd

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