— infatuator , n.
v. /in fach"ooh ayt'/ ; adj. , n. /in fach"ooh it, -ayt'/ , v. , infatuated, infatuating , adj. , n.
v.t.
1. to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
2. to affect with folly; make foolish or fatuous.
adj.
3. infatuated.
n.
4. a person who is infatuated.
[ 1425-75; late ME infatuatus, ptp. of infatuare. See IN- 2 , FATUOUS, -ATE 1 ]