ENAMOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enamour mean? 

• ENAMOUR (verb)
  The verb ENAMOUR has 1 sense:

1. attract; cause to be enamored

  Familiarity information: ENAMOUR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENAMOUR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they enamour    ... he / she / it enamours   
Past simple: enamoured   
Past participle: enamoured   
-ing form: enamouring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Attract; cause to be enamored

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

becharm; beguile; bewitch; captivate; capture; catch; charm; enamor; enamour; enchant; entrance; fascinate; trance

Context example:

She captured all the men's hearts

Hypernyms (to "enamour" is one way to...):

appeal; attract (be attractive to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enamour"):

hold (hold the attention of)

work (gratify and charm, usually in order to influence)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

 Context examples 

She even proceeded so far as to be concerned to find that Elinor and her sister were so soon to leave town, as she had hoped to see more of them;—an exertion in which her husband, who attended her into the room, and hung enamoured over her accents, seemed to distinguish every thing that was most affectionate and graceful.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

I discovered afterwards that Miss Lavinia was an authority in affairs of the heart, by reason of there having anciently existed a certain Mr. Pidger, who played short whist, and was supposed to have been enamoured of her.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)