Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cause to become enthusiastic.
- intransitive verb To say or utter with enthusiasm.
- intransitive verb To show or express enthusiasm.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make enthusiastic; move with enthusiasm: as, he quite enthused his hearers.
- To become enthusiastic; show enthusiasm: as, he is slow to enthuse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb Slang To make or become enthusiastic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive to show
enthusiasm - verb proscribed to cause (someone) to feel
enthusiasm or to beenthusiastic
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb utter with enthusiasm
- verb cause to feel enthusiasm
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Other back-formations, such as enthuse and liaise, inhabit a grey area of acceptability.
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Other back-formations, such as enthuse and liaise, inhabit a grey area of acceptability.
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I choose this word "enthuse" carefully, because in its derivation from the Greek enthusiasm means, literally, "having the god within".
More on Cultural Appropriation Hal Duncan 2006
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Palin was a forced choice, a bone thrown to the Fundies - who has helped McCain "enthuse" the Bible Belt, but few outside it.
How did Sarah Palin get picked for VP? Ann Althouse 2008
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While some things bug Yagoda he despises "enthuse," for example, he has a healthy skepticism toward language extremists.
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Under the present system he simply can not "enthuse" over self-support.
History of the Afro-American Group of the Episcopal Church George Freeman 1922
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He did not "enthuse," and he did not despair; he kept his head.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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He did not "enthuse," and he did not despair; he kept his head.
Carnac's Folly, Volume 3. Gilbert Parker 1897
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He did not "enthuse," and he did not despair; he kept his head.
Carnac's Folly, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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Molly was disappointed that Dolly didn't "enthuse," and the latter felt that a boy -- such a boy -- would effectually spoil the good times she and her mate might have had together, alone.
Dorothy's Travels Evelyn Raymond 1876
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