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<hw>In*fat"u*ate</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>infatuatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>infatuare</ets> to infatuate; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>fatuus</ets> foolish. See <er>Fatuous</er>.]</ety> <def>Infatuated.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Infatuate</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In*fat"u*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Infatuated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Infatuating</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment.</def>

<blockquote>The judgment of God will be very visible in <b>infatuating</b> a people . . . ripe and prepared for destruction. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; <as>as, to be <ex>infatuated</ex> with gaming</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The people are . . . <b>infatuated</b> with the notion. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Infatuated</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In*fat"u*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Overcome by some foolish passion or desire; affected by infatuation.</def>

<h1>Infatuation</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In*fat`u*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>infatuatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>infatuation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>infatuations</b> of the sensual and frivolous part of mankind are amazing; but the <b>infatuations</b> of the learned and sophistical are incomparably more so. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Such is the <b>infatuation</b> of self-love. <i>Blair.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Infaust</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In*faust"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>infaustus</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>faustus</ets> fortunate, lucky.]</ety> <def>Not favorable; unlucky; unpropitious; sinister.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Ld. Lytton.</i>

<h1>Infausting</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In*faust"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of making unlucky; misfortune; bad luck.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Infeasibility</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In*fea`si*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being infeasible; impracticability.</def>

<h1>Infeasible</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In*fea"si*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not capable of being done or accomplished; impracticable.</def>

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<h1>Infeasibleness</h1> <Xpage=758>

<hw>In*fea"si*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of quality of being infeasible; infeasibility.</def>

<i>W. Montagu.</i>