Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to infatuate
Participle: infatuated
Gerund: infatuating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | infatuate |
| you | infatuate |
| he;she;it | infatuates |
| we | infatuate |
| you | infatuate |
| they | infatuate |
Perfect
| I | have infatuated |
| you | have infatuated |
| he;she;it | has infatuated |
| we | have infatuated |
| you | have infatuated |
| they | have infatuated |
Past
| I | infatuated |
| you | infatuated |
| he;she;it | infatuated |
| we | infatuated |
| you | infatuated |
| they | infatuated |
Pluperfect
| I | had infatuated |
| you | had infatuated |
| he;she;it | had infatuated |
| we | had infatuated |
| you | had infatuated |
| they | had infatuated |
Future
| I | will infatuate |
| you | will infatuate |
| he;she;it | will infatuate |
| we | will infatuate |
| you | will infatuate |
| they | will infatuate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have infatuated |
| you | will have infatuated |
| he;she;it | will have infatuated |
| we | will have infatuated |
| you | will have infatuated |
| they | will have infatuated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | infatuate |
| you | infatuate |
| he;she;it | infatuate |
| we | infatuate |
| you | infatuate |
| they | infatuate |
Perfect
| I | have infatuated |
| you | have infatuated |
| he;she;it | have infatuated |
| we | have infatuated |
| you | have infatuated |
| they | have infatuated |
Imperfect
| I | infatuated |
| you | infatuated |
| he;she;it | infatuated |
| we | infatuated |
| you | infatuated |
| they | infatuated |
Pluperfect
| I | had infatuated |
| you | had infatuated |
| he;she;it | had infatuated |
| we | had infatuated |
| you | had infatuated |
| they | had infatuated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would infatuate |
| you | would infatuate |
| he;she;it | would infatuate |
| we | would infatuate |
| you | would infatuate |
| they | would infatuate |
Perfect
| I | would have infatuated |
| you | would have infatuated |
| he;she;it | would have infatuated |
| we | would have infatuated |
| you | would have infatuated |
| they | would have infatuated |
Imperative
| you | infatuate |
| we | Let's infatuate |
| you | infatuate |
Verbs conjugated like 'infatuate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'infatuate'
affatuate,
inactuate,
invacuate,
inaurate,
incantate,
incarnate,
indagate,
infeudate,
infibulate,
infiltrate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1533; from Middle English infatuate and/or borrowed from Latin infatuātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 2 for more.
Sample Sentences
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If the mine was a “developed” one, and had no pay ore to show (and of course it hadn’t), we praised the tunnel; said it was one of the most infatuating tunnels in the land; driveled and driveled about the tunnel till we ran entirely out of ecstasies—but never said a word about the rock. [1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XLIV, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC, page 308:]
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I declare the girl seems quite to infatuate the men, and see if trouble does not come of it. [1888, George Manville Fenn, chapter 15, in One Maid’s Mischief, New York: Appleton, page 53:]
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[…] wee beggard our selues by hearkning after false riches, and infatuated our selues by hearkning after false knowledge. [1624, John Donne, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, London: Thomas Jones, pages 3–4:]
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Heaven doubtless has infatuated these Infidels, and given them up to dote on the grossest Absurdities; other wise they could never swallow such open and notorious Impositions […] [1718, Daniel Defoe, A Continuation of Letters Written by a Turkish Spy at Paris, London: W. Taylor, Letter 4, p. 20:]