enamor

Etymology

From Middle English enamouren, a late back-formation from enamoured, itself a partial calque of Old French enamore, past participle of enamorer, enamourer, equivalent to prefix en- + amor + -er. See amour, and compare inamorato.

verb

1. (mostly in the passive, followed by "of" or "with") To cause to be in love.
   Me-thought I was enamoured of an Asse. 1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act IV, Scene I
   He was offered a chair in the university and a course abroad. But he hesitated. There was a girl of whom he became enamored, so he contemplated marriage and political activity. 1900, Leo Tolstoy, chapter 86, in William E. Smith, transl., The Awakening: The Resurrection
2. (mostly in the passive) To captivate.