ENTHUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enthuse mean? 

• ENTHUSE (verb)
  The verb ENTHUSE has 2 senses:

1. cause to feel enthusiasm

2. utter with enthusiasm

  Familiarity information: ENTHUSE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTHUSE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they enthuse    ... he / she / it enthuses   
Past simple: enthused   
Past participle: enthused   
-ing form: enthusing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to feel enthusiasm

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

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

excite (arouse or elicit a feeling)

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

bring down (cause to be enthusiastic)

Sentence frames:

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

Sentence examples:

The good news will enthuse her
The performance is likely to enthuse Sue

Sense 2

Meaning:

Utter with enthusiasm

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

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

rhapsodise; rhapsodize (say (something) with great enthusiasm)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue enthuse
Sam and Sue enthuse over the results of the experiment