verb 1. be inspired with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for. "she is infatuated with a handsome police chief." 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱-𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱-𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐠𝐨.