"affatuate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: affatuates [present, singular, third-person], affatuating [participle, present], affatuated [participle, past], affatuated [past]
Etymology: From Latin a- (“to”) + fatuātus, active perfect participle of fatuor (“talk foolishly”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|a-||to}} Latin a- (“to”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} affatuate (third-person singular simple present affatuates, present participle affatuating, simple past and past participle affatuated)
  1. (obsolete) To infatuate. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-affatuate-en-verb--rvf3bl~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

Inflected forms

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