enthusing (verb)

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• enthuse — [c]/ɛnˈθuz / (say en thoohz), / ˈθjuz/ (say thyoohz), /ən / (say uhn ) verb (enthused, enthusing) –verb (i) 1. to become enthusiastic; show enthusiasm: * Look at the home crowds, you can t get in, he enthuses. –aap news, 2000. –verb (t) 2. to… …  

• enthuse — verb (enthused; enthusing) Etymology: back formation from enthusiasm Date: 1827 transitive verb 1. to make enthusiastic < is enthused about the project > 2. to express with enthusiasm intransitive verb to show enthusiasm < a splendid …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• enthuse — verb /ɛnθjuːz,ɪnθjuːz,ɛnθjuːz,ɪnθjuːz/ a) to cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm or to be enthusiastic The novelty of the film enthused the audience. b) to show enthusiasm a splendid performance, and I was enthusing over it See Also …   Wiktionary

• enthuse — verb 1 (I) to talk about something in a very interested or excited way (+ about/over): Jenny spent the entire evening enthusing about her new car. 2 (T) to make someone interested in something or excited by it …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• enthuse — UK [ɪnˈθjuːz] / US [ɪnˈθuz] verb Word forms enthuse : present tense I/you/we/they enthuse he/she/it enthuses present participle enthusing past tense enthused past participle enthused a) [intransitive] to talk in an excited way about something… …   English dictionary

• enthuse — /en thoohz /, v., enthused, enthusing. v.i. 1. to be or become enthusiastic; show enthusiasm: All the neighbors enthused over the new baby. v.t. 2. to cause to become enthusiastic. [1820 30, Amer.; back formation from ENTHUSIASM] Usage. The verb… …   Universalium

• enthuse — [[t]ɪnθju͟ːz, AM θu͟ːz[/t]] enthuses, enthusing, enthused 1) VERB If you enthuse about something, you talk about it in a way that shows how excited you are about it. [V about/over n] Elizabeth David enthuses about the taste, fragrance and… …   English dictionary

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• enthuse — en|thuse [ ın θuz ] verb intransitive to talk in an excited way about something you are interested in: enthuse about/over: Nick was enthusing about how well things had worked out. a. transitive to make someone interested in something or excited… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• enthuse — is a 19c back formation meaning ‘to show enthusiasm’ or ‘cause enthusiasm in’, and is used with and without an object; you can enthuse people, enthuse over or about something, or simply enthuse (typically with direct speech): • As we talk he is… …   Modern English usage