Enamore

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To fill a person with love or deep fondness, so that they become charmed and captivated by someone or something
2. To cause someone to feel strong affection and delight, leaving them completely won over by a person or thing
3. To win the heart of another person by charming them, so that they become smitten and devoted

Etymology: Built from the prefix "en-", meaning "make" or "put into," and "amour," the French word for love, "enamour" literally means to put love into someone. The prefix works the same way in "enrich," "enable," and "encage," each one making something into the thing named by its root. "Amour" descends from the Latin "amor," and English took the verb from Old French, where "enamourer" meant to make someone fall in love. English writers used it in that causative sense, which is why it usually appears in the passive, as in "enamoured of" someone, rather than describing love being given freely.

Synonyms: charm, captivate, bewitch, enchant, entrance

Antonyms: repel, disgust, alienate