Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 38
Inexperience (n.) Absence or lack of experience; lack of personal and experimental knowledge; as, the inexperience of youth.
Failings which are incident to youth and inexperience. -- Dryden.
Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind. -- Addison.
Inexperience (n.) Lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience; "procedural inexperience created difficulties"; "their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops" [syn: inexperience, rawness] [ant: experience].
Inexperienced (a.) Not having experience unskilled ; naive. "Inexperienced youth." -- Cowper.
Inexperienced (a.) Lacking practical experience or training [syn: inexperienced, inexperient] [ant: experienced, experient].
Inexpert (a.) Destitute of experience or of much experience. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Inexpert (a.) Not expert; not skilled; destitute of knowledge or dexterity derived from practice. -- Akenside.
Inexpert (a.) Lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting" [syn: amateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilled].
Inexpertness (n.) Lack of expertness or skill.
Inexpiable (a.) Admitting of no expiation, atonement, or satisfaction; as, an inexpiable crime or offense. -- Pomfret.
Inexpiable (a.) Incapable of being mollified or appeased; relentless; implacable. [Archaic] "Inexpiable hate." -- Milton.
They are at inexpiable war with all establishments. -- Burke.
Inexpiable (a.) Incapable of being atoned for.
Inexpiableness (n.) Quality of being inexpiable.
Inexpiably (adv.) In an inexpiable manner of degree; to a degree that admits of no atonement.
Inexpiate (a.) Not appeased or placated. [Obs.]
To rest inexpiate were much too rude a part. -- Chapman.
Inexplainable (a.) Incapable of being explained; inexplicable.
Inexpleably (adv.) Insatiably. [Obs.] -- Sandys.
Inexplicability (n.) The quality or state of being inexplicable. -- H. Spencer.
Inexplicable (a.) Not explicable; not
explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as,
an inexplicable mystery. "An inexplicable scratching." -- Cowper.
Their reason is disturbed; their views become vast and perplexed, to others
inexplicable, to themselves uncertain. -- Burke.
Inexplicable (a.) Incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons" [syn: inexplicable, incomprehensible] [ant: explicable].
Inexplicableness (n.) A state of being inexplicable; inexplicability.
Inexplicably (adv.) In an inexplicable manner.
Inexplicit (a.) Not explicit; not clearly stated; indefinite; vague.
Inexplicit (a.) Implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn" [syn: implicit, inexplicit] [ant: explicit, expressed].
Inexplorable (a.) Incapable of being explored, searched out, or discovered. -- Sir G. Buck.
Inexplosive (a.) Not explosive.
Inexposure (n.) A state of not being exposed.
Inexpressible (a.) Not capable of expression or utterance in language; ineffable; unspeakable; indescribable; unutterable; as, inexpressible grief or pleasure. "Inexpressible grandeur." -- Blair.
In orbs Of circuit inexpressible they stood. -- Milton.
Inexpressible (a.) Defying expression [syn: inexpressible, unexpressible] [ant: expressible].
Inexpressibles (n. pl.) Breeches; trousers ; underwear generally, especially women's; -- now usually referred to as unmentionables. [Colloq. Or Slang] -- Ld. Lytton.
Inexpressibly (adv.) In an inexpressible manner or degree; unspeakably; unutterably. -- Spectator.
Inexpressive (a.) Inexpressible. [R.]
Inexpressive (a.) Without expression or meaning; not expressive; dull; unintelligent; as, an inexpressive countenance.
Inexpressive (a.) Not expressive; "an inexpressive face".
Inexpressiveness (n.) The state or quality of being inexpressive.
Inexpugnable (a.) Incapable of being subdued by force; impregnable; unconquerable. -- Burke.
A fortress, inexpugnable by the arts of war. -- Milman.
Inexpugnable (a.) Incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted; "an impregnable argument"; "impregnable self-confidence" [syn: impregnable, inexpugnable].
Inexpugnably (adv.) So as to be inexpugnable; in an inexpugnable manner. -- Dr. H. More.
Inexsuperable (a.) Not capable of being passed over; insuperable; insurmountable.
Inextended (a.) Not extended.
Inextensible (a.) Not capable of being extended; not elastic; as, inextensible fibers.
Inextensible (a.) Not extensile [syn: nonextensile, inextensible, nonprotractile] [ant: extensible, extensile].
Inextension (n.) Lack of extension; unextended state.
Inexterminable (a.) Incapable of extermination. -- Rush.
Inexterminable (a.) Incapable of extermination or extirpation; "some weeds seem inextirpable" [syn: inexterminable, inextirpable].
Inextinct (a.) Not quenched; not extinct.
Inextinguible (a.) Inextinguishable. [Obs.] -- Sir T. More.
Inextinguishable (a.) Not capable of being extinguished; extinguishable; unquenchable; as, inextinguishable flame, light, thirst, desire, feuds. "Inextinguishable rage." -- Milton.
Inextinguishable (a.) Difficult or impossible to extinguish; "an inextinguishable flame"; "an inextinguishable faith" [ant: extinguishable].
Inextinguishably (adv.) So as not to be extinguished; in an inextinguishable manner.
Inextirpable (a.) Not capable of being extirpated or rooted out; ineradicable.
Inextirpable (a.) Incapable of extermination or extirpation; "some weeds seem inextirpable" [syn: inexterminable, inextirpable]
Inextricable (a.) Incapable of being extricated, untied, or disentangled; hopelessly intricate, confused, or obscure; as, an inextricable knot or difficulty; inextricable confusion.
Lost in the wild, inextricable maze. -- Blackmore.
Inextricable (a.) Inevitable. [R.] "Fate inextricable." -- Milton.
Inextricable (a.) Not permitting extrication; incapable of being disentangled or untied; "an inextricable knot"; "inextricable unity" [ant: extricable].
Inextricableness (n.) The state of being inextricable.
Inextricably (adv.) In an inextricable manner.
Inextricably (adv.) In an inextricable manner; "motives inspired by Mammon were often inextricably blended with things pertaining to Caesar and to God".
Ineyed (imp. & p. p.) of Ineye
Ineyeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ineye
Ineye (v. t.) To ingraft, as a tree or plant, by the insertion of a bud or eye; to inoculate.
The arts of grafting and ineying. -- J. Philips.
Infabricated (a.) Not fabricated; unwrought; not artificial; natural. [Obs.]
Infallibilist (n.) One who accepts or maintains the dogma of papal infallibility.
Infallibility (n.) The quality or state of being infallible, or exempt from error; inerrability. Infallibility is the highest perfection of the knowing faculty. -- Tillotson.
Papal infallibility (R. C. Ch.), The dogma that the pope can not, when acting in his official character of supreme pontiff, err in defining a doctrine of Christian faith or rule of morals, to be held by the church. This was decreed by the Ecumenical Council at the Vatican, July 18, 1870.
Infallibility (n.) The quality of never making an error [ant: fallibility].
Infallible (a.) Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable. -- Dryden.
Infallible (a.) Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible success; an infallible remedy.
To whom also he showed himself alive, after his passion, by many infallible proofs. -- Acts i. 3.
Infallible (a.) (R. C. Ch.) Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See Papal infallibility, under Infallibility.
Infallible (a.) Incapable of failure or error; "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible" [ant: fallible].
Infallibleness (n.) The state or quality of being infallible; infallibility. -- Bp. Hall.
Infallibly (adv.) In an infallible manner; certainly; unfailingly; unerringly. -- Blair.
Infame (v. t.) To defame; to make infamous. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Livia is infamed for the poisoning of her husband. -- Bacon.
Infamized (imp. & p. p.) of Infamize
Infamizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infamize
Infamize (v. t.) To make infamous; to defame. [R.] -- Coleridge.
Infamous (a.) Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer.
False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn. -- Spenser.
Infamous (a.) Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption.
Infamous (a.) (Law) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.
Infamous (a.) Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous. "Infamous woods." -- P. Fletcher.
Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds. -- Milton.
The piny shade More infamous by cursed Lycaon made. -- Dryden.
Syn: Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base; vile; shameful; ignominious.
Infamous (a.) Known widely and usually unfavorably; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold"; [syn: ill-famed, infamous, notorious].
Infamously (adv.) In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully.
The sealed fountain of royal bounty which had been infamously monopolized and huckstered. -- Burke.
Infamousness (n.) The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
Infamies (n. pl. ) of Infamy
Infamy (n.) Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.
The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would not . . . submit to such infamy. -- Bp. Burnet.
Infamy (n.) A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action.
Infamy (n.) (Law) That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.
Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 -- a day which will live in infamy, . . . -- Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Infamy (n.) A state of extreme dishonor; "a date which will live in infamy" -- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city" [syn: infamy, opprobrium] [ant: celebrity, fame, renown].
Infamy (n.) Evil fame or public reputation [ant: fame].
INFAMY, crim. law, evidence. That state which is produced by the conviction of crime and the loss of honor, which renders the infamous person incompetent as a witness.
INFAMY, It is to be considered, 1st. What crimes or punishment incapacitate a witness. 2d. How the guilt is to be proved. 3d. How the objection answered. 4th. The effect of infamy.
INFAMY, When a man is convicted of an offence which is inconsistent with the common principles of honesty and humanity, the law considers his oath to be of no weight, and excludes his testimony as of too doubtful and suspicious a nature to be admitted in a court of justice to deprive another of life, liberty or property. Gilb. L. E. 256; 2 Bulst. 154; 1 Phil. 23; Bull. N. P. 291. The crimes which render a person incompetent, are treason; 5 Mod. 16, 74; felony; 2 Bulst. 154; Co. Litt. 6; T. Raym. 369; all offences founded in fraud, and which come within the general. notion of the crimen falsi of the Roman law; Leach, 496; as perjury and forgery; Co. Litt. 6; Fort. 209; piracy 2 Roll. Ab. 886; swindling, cheating; Fort. 209; barratry; 2 Salk. 690; and the bribing a witness to absent himself from a trial, in order to get rid of his evidence. Fort. 208. It is the crime and not the punishment which renders the offender unworthy of belief. 1 Phill. Ev. 25.
INFAMY, In order to incapacitate the party, the judgment must be proved as pronounced by a court possessing competent jurisdiction. 1 Sid. 51; 2 Stark. C. 183; Stark. Ev. part 2, p. 144, note 1; Id. part 4, p. 716. But it has been held that a conviction of an infamous crime in another country, or another of the United States, does not render the witness incompetent on the ground of infamy. 17 Mass. 515. Though this doctrine appears to be at variance with the opinions entertained by foreign jurists, who maintain that the state or condition of a person in the place of his domicil accompanies him everywhere. Story, Confl. Sec. 620, and the authorities there cited; Foelix, Traite De Droit Intern. Prive, 31; Merl. Repert, mot Loi, Sec. 6, n. 6.
INFAMY, The objection to competency may be answered, 1st. By proof of pardon. See Pardon. And, 2d. By proof of a reversal by writ of error, which must be proved by the production of the record.
INFAMY, The judgment for an infamous crime, even for perjury, does not preclude the party from making an affidavit with a view to his own defence. 2 Salk. 461 2 Str. 1148; Martin's Rep. 45. He may, for instance, make an affidavit in relation to the irregularity of a judgment in a cause in which he, is a party, for otherwise he would be without a remedy. But the rule is confined to defence, and he cannot be heard upon oath as complainant. 2 Salk. 461 2 Str. 1148. When the witness becomes incompetent from infamy of character, the effect is the same as if he were dead and if he has attested any instrument as a witness, previous to his conviction, evidence may be given of his handwriting. 2 Str. 833; Stark. Ev. part. 2, sect. 193; Id. part 4, p. 723.
INFAMY, By infamy is also understood the expressed opinion of men generally as to the vices of another. Wolff, Dr. de la Nat. et des Gens, Sec. 148.
Infancy (n.) [U] 嬰兒期，幼年[S1]；初期；未發達階段；【律】未成年 The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.
The babe yet lies in smiling infancy. -- Milton.
Their love in early infancy began. -- Dryden.
Infancy (n.) The first age of anything; the beginning or early period of existence; as, the infancy of an art.
The infancy and the grandeur of Rome. -- Arbuthnot.
Infancy (n.) (Law) The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority.
Infancy (n.) The early stage of growth or development [syn: infancy, babyhood, early childhood].
Infancy (n.) The earliest state of immaturity [syn: infancy, babyhood].
Infancy (n.) The period of our lives when, according to Wordsworth, "Heaven lies about us." The world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
Infandous (a.) Too odious to be expressed or mentioned. [Obs.] -- Howell.
Infangthef (n.) (O. Eng. Law) The privilege granted to lords of certain manors to judge thieves taken within the seigniory of such lords. -- Cowell.
Infant (n.) [C] 嬰兒；幼兒；【律】未成年人 A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age.
And tender cries of infants pierce the ear. -- C. Pitt.
Infant (n.) (Law) A person who is not of full age, or who has not attained the age of legal capacity; a person under the age of twenty-one years; a minor.
Note: An infant under seven years of age is not penally responsible; between seven and fourteen years of age, he may be convicted of a malicious offense if malice be proved. He becomes of age on the day preceding his twenty-first birthday, previous to which time an infant has no capacity to contract.
Infant (n.) Same as Infante. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Infant (a.) 嬰兒的；供嬰兒用的；初期的；初創的；未成年的 Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, infant strength.
Infant (a.) Intended for young children; as, an infant school.
Infant (v. t.) (Obsolete) To bear or bring forth, as a child; hence, to produce, in general. [Obs.]
This worthy motto, "No bishop, no king," is . . . infanted out of the same fears. -- Milton.
Infant (n.) A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different" [syn: baby, babe, infant].
Infant, () persons. One under the age of twenty-one years. Co. Litt. 171.
Infant, () But he is reputed to be twenty-one years old, or of full age, the first instant of the last day of the twenty-first year next before the anniversary of his birth; because, according to the civil computation of time, which differs from the natural computation, the last day having commenced, it is considered as ended. Savig. Dr. Rom. Sec. 182. If, for example, a person were born at any hour of the first day of January, 1810, (even a few minutes before twelve o'clock of the night of that day,) he would be of full age at the first instant of the thirty-first of December, 1831, although nearly forty-eight hours before he had actually attained the full age of twenty-one years, according to years, days, hours and minutes, because there is, in this case, no fraction of a day. 1 Sid. 162; S. C. 1 Keb. 589; 1 Salk. 44; Raym. 84; 1 Bl. Com. 463, 464, note 13, by Chitty; 1 Lilly's, Reg. 57; Com. Dig. Enfant, A; Savig. Dr. Rom. Sec. 383, 384.
Infant, () A curious case occurred in England of a young lady who was born after the house clock had struck, while the parish clock was striking, and before St. Paul's had begun to strike twelve on the night of the fourth and fifth of January, 1805, and the question was whether she was born on the fourth or fifth of January. Mr. Coventry gives it as his opinion that she was born on the fourth, because the house clock does not regulate anything but domestic affairs, that the parochial clock is much better evidence, and that a metropolitan clock ought to be received with "implicit acquiescence." Cov. on Conv. Ev. 182-3. It is conceived that this can only be prima facie, because, if the fact were otherwise, and the parochial and metropolitan clocks should both have been wrong, they would undoubtedly have had no effect in ascertaining the age of the child.
Infant, () The sex makes no difference, a woman is therefore an infant until she has attained her age of twenty-one years. Co. Litt. 171. Before arriving at full infant may do many acts. A male at fourteen is of discretion, and may consent to marry; and at that age he may disagree to and annul a marriage he may before that time have contracted he may then choose a guardian and, if his discretion be proved, may, at common law, make a will of his personal estate; and may act as executor at the age of seventeen years. A female at seven may be betrothed or given in marriage; at nine she is entitled to dower; at twelve may consent or disagree to marriage; and, at common law, at seventeen may act as executrix.
Infant, () Considerable changes of the common law have probably taken place in many of the states. In Pennsylvania, to act as an executor, the party must be of full age. In general, an infant is not bound by his contracts, unless to supply him for necessaries. Selw. N. P. 137; Chit. Contr. 31; Bac. Ab. Infancy, &c. I 3; 9 Vin. Ab. 391; 1 Com. Contr. 150,.151; 3 Rawle's R. 351; 8 T. R. 335; 1 Keb. 905, 913; S. C. 1 Sid. 258; 1 Lev. 168; 1 Sid. 129; 1 Southard's R. 87. Sed vide 6 Cranch, 226; 3 Pick. 492; 1 Nott & M'Cord, 197. Or, unless he is empowered to enter into a contract, by some legislative provision; as, with the consent of his parent or guardian to put himself apprentice, or to enlist in the service of the United States. 4 Binn. 487; 5 Binn. 423.
Infant, () Contracts made with him, may be enforced or avoided by him on his coming of age. See Parties to contracts; Voidable. But to this general rule there is an exception; he cannot avoid contracts for necessaries, because these are for his benefit. See Necessaries. The privilege of avoiding a contract on account of infancy, is strictly personal to the infant, and no one can take advantage of it but himself. 3 Green, 343; 2 Brev. 438. When the contract has been performed, and it is such as he would be compellable by law to perform, it will be good and bind him. Co. Litt. 172 a. And all the acts of an infant, which do not touch his interest, but take effect from an authority which he has been trusted to execute, are binding. 3 Burr. 1794; Fonb. Eq., b. 1, c. 2, Sec. 5, note c.
Infant, () The protection which the law gives an infant is to operate as a shield to him, to protect him from improvident contracts, but not as a sword to do injury to others. An infant is therefore responsible for his torts, as, for slander, trespass, and the like; but he cannot be made responsible in an action ex delicto, where the cause arose on a contract. 3 Rawle's R. 351; 6 Watts' R. 9; 25 Wend. 399; 3 Shep. 233; 9 N. H. Rep. 441; 10 Verm. 71; 5 Hill, 391. But see contra, 6 Cranch, 226; 15 Mass. 359; 4 M'Cord, 387.
Infant, () He is also punishable for a crime, if of sufficient discretion, or doli capax. 1 Russ. on Cr. 2, 3. Vide, generally, Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.; Bing. on Infancy; 1 Hare & Wall. Sel. Dec. 103, 122; the various Abridgments and Digests, tit. Enfant, Infancy; and articles Age; Birth; Capax Doli; Dead born; Foetus; In ventre sa mere.
Infanta (n.) A title borne by every one of the daughters of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest.
Infante (n.) A title given to every one of sons of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.
Infanthood (n.) Infancy. [R.]
Infanticidal (a.) Of or pertaining to infanticide; engaged in, or guilty of, child murder.
Infanticide (n.) The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder.
Infanticide (n.) One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.
Infanticide (n.) A person who murders an infant.
Infanticide (n.) Murdering an infant.
INFANTICIDE, med. juris. The murder of a new born infant, Dalloz, Dict.
Homicide, Sec. 4; Code Penal, 300. There is a difference between this offence and those known by the name of prolicide, (q.v.) and foeticide. (q.v.)
INFANTICIDE, To commit infanticide the child must be wholly born; it is not.
Sufficient that it was born so far as the head and breathed, if it died before it was wholly born. 5 Carr. & Payn. 329; 24 Eng. C. L. Rep. 344; S. C. 6 Carr: & Payn. 349; S. C. 25 Eng. C. L. Rep. 433.
INFANTICIDE, When this crime is to be proved from circumstances, it is proper to consider whether the child had attained that size and maturity by which it would have been enabled to maintain an independent existence; whether it was born alive; and, if born alive, by what means it came to its death. 1 Beck's Med. Jur. 331 to 428, where these several questions are learnedly considered. See also 1 Briand, Med Leg. prem. part. c. 8 Cooper's Med. Jur. h.t. Vide Ryan's Med. Jur. 137; Med. Jur. 145, 194; Dr. Cummin's Proof of Infanticide considered Lecieux, Considerations Medico-legales sur l'Infanticide; Duvergie, Medicine Legale, art. Infanticide.
Infantile (a.) Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior.
Infantile (a.) Indicating a lack of maturity; "childish tantrums"; "infantile behavior" [syn: childish, infantile].
Infantile (a.) Of or relating to infants or infancy; "infantile paralysis".
Infantile (a.) Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant; "infantile games".
Infantine (a.) Infantile; childish.
A degree of credulity next infantine. -- Burke.
Infantlike (a.) Like an infant. -- Shak.
Infantly (a.) Like an infant. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Infantry (n.) A body of children. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Infantry (n.) (Mil.) A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from cavalry.
Infantry (n.) An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot" [syn: infantry, foot].
Infarce (v. t.) To stuff; to swell. [Obs.]
The body is infarced with . . . watery humors. -- Sir T. Elyot.
Infarction (n.) The act of stuffing or filling; Specifically: (Med.) the formation of an infarct; an overloading and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation.
Infarction (n.) An infarct [2]; as, a cardiac infarction.
Infarction (n.) Localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply [syn: infarct, infarction].
Infare (n.) A house-warming; especially, a reception, party, or entertainment given by a newly married couple, or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house. [Written also infair.] [Scot., & Local, U. S.]
Infashionable (a.) Unfashionable. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Infatigable (a.) Indefatigable. [Obs.] -- Daniel.
Infatuate (a.) Infatuated. -- Bp. Hall.
Infatuated (imp. & p. p.) of Infatuate
Infatuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infatuate
Infatuate (v. t.) 使衝昏頭腦；使糊塗；使熱戀；使著迷 To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment.
The judgment of God will be very visible in infatuating a people . . . ripe and prepared for destruction. -- Clarendon.
Infatuate (v. t.) To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming.
The people are . . . infatuated with the notion. -- Addison.
Infatuate (v.) Arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her".