单词 | re-enamour |
释义 | re-enamourre-enamorv. transitive. To inspire (a person) with love again. Also in weakened use. Chiefly in passive. Frequently with of. ΚΠ a1711 T. Ken Anodynes in Wks. (1721) III. 417 Love saw me cool, I by his Rod Shall re-enamour'd be of God. 1859 O. S. Fowler & L. N. Fowler New Illustr. Self-instructor in Phrenology & Physiol. 79 Re-enamor both yourself and conjugal partner, by becoming just as courteous, loving, and lovely as possible. 1860 Daily News 6 Nov. 5/2 The French count..was a liberal once even to the abuse of parliamentary freedom of speech, afterwards reviled parliamentary government; and still later turned again, and became re-enamoured of it. 1966 D. R. McCoy Landon of Kansas xv. 379 The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, re-enamored of its 1936 hero, declared that Landon's telegram would be a strong factor in defeating the Ludlow amendment. 1984 Playboy (Nexis) Apr. 37 You become re-enamored of airline stewardesses. 2007 Daily Herald-Tribune (Grande Prairie, Alberta) (Nexis) 4 July 2 I've recently become re-enamoured with at least the most rudimentary form of birdwatching. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1711 |
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