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enthuse


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PRONUNCIATION:

(en-THOOZ)

MEANING:

verb tr.:	1. To make someone enthusiastic.
	2. To express something with enthusiasm.
verb intr.:	To display enthusiasm.

ETYMOLOGY:

Back-formation from enthusiasm, from Latin enthusiasmus (inspiration), from Greek enthousiasmos, from enthousiazein (to be inspired by a god), from theos (god). Earliest documented use: 1827.

USAGE:

“As Wang stacks the samples, she enthuses about the work. ‘Proteins are like people. They each have their own personality,’ she says. ‘Some are very fragile. You should take care of them.’”
Phil McKenna and Richard Fisher; Small Farmer, Big Pharma; New Scientist London, UK); Nov 10-16, 2007.

See more usage examples of enthuse in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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