enthuse
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- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 11
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- 7
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Definition of enthuse
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(colloquial, intransitive)To show enthusiasm.
“a splendid performance, and I was enthusing over it”
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verb
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(colloquial, intransitive)To show enthusiasm.
“a splendid performance, and I was enthusing over it”
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(humorous, proscribed, sometimes)To cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm or to be enthusiastic.
“The novelty of the film enthused the audience.”
“One of the museum's greatest strengths is its focus on educating and enthusing children from an early age, and it's something that Mullins is especially proud of.”
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Etymology
First attested from 1827. Back-formation from enthusiasm, from Ancient Greek ἔνθεος (éntheos, “possessed by a god”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + θεός (theós, “god”)
Words you can make from enthuse
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16 words4-letter words
31 words- ETHS 7 pts
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- HEST 7 pts
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- HUNS 7 pts
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- HUTS 7 pts
- SHEN 7 pts
- SHUN 7 pts
- SHUT 7 pts
- THEE 7 pts
- THEN 7 pts
- THUS 7 pts
- TUSH 7 pts
- ESNE 4 pts
- NEST 4 pts
- NETS 4 pts
- NUTS 4 pts
- SEEN 4 pts
- SENE 4 pts
- SENT 4 pts
- STUN 4 pts
- SUET 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
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- TENS 4 pts
- TUNE 4 pts
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- UTES 4 pts
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