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enthuse, v. 1. effervesce, bubble over, emote, gush, be effusive or ebullient, overflow with enthusiasm; get or become excited, get or be all worked up, wax enthusiastic, grow eager or zealous or ardent; Inf get psyched or psyched up, Inf get all fired up; become interested in, get involved or absorbed in, get into, get caught up in, be possessed with, be taken with.
2. excite, make exuberant, work up, Inf. psych or psych up; impassion, inflame, Inf. fire up; interest, get the attention of, involve, absorb, possess.

enthusiasm, n. 1. eagerness, earnestness, keenness, intentness, intensity, excitement; fervor, ardor, fervency, warmth, glow, fire; devotion, devotedness, zeal, feverishness, passion, fanaticism.
2. spirit, abandon, liveliness, vivacity; emotion, animation, exuberance, ebullience; vitality, life, buoyancy, bounce, It. brio, zest, verve, zing, SI. oomph; vigor, force, energy, determination, vehemence; relish, gusto, delight, elation, rapture, ecstasy, transport.
3. optimism, assurance, confidence; sanguineness, hope, hopefulness.

enthusiast, n. 1. devotee, fan, aficionado, Inf. buff, Inf. hound, SI. bug, SI. nut, addict, Inf. fiend, SI. junkie, SI. freak; (all usu. of adolescent girls) (in the 40s) bobbysoxer, (in the 60s) teenybopper, (in the 70s) groupie.
2. votary, champion, disciple, follower, satellite, adherent; zealot, partisan, bigot, fanatic; visionary, cult-ist, sectary.
3. promoter, supporter, Inf. pusher, Inf. booster, Inf. arm-waver; chauvinist, jingoist.

enthusiastic, adj. 1. ardent, fervent, eager, keen, anxious, Inf wild; excited, Inf. all fired up, Inf. psyched or psyched up, SI. hopped up, SI. ape; heated, vehement, fervid, perfervid; fiery, flaming, inflamed, glowing, white-hot.
2. earnest, wholehearted, devoted; zealous, passionate, Inf. gung-ho, Inf. rah-rah; possessed, fanatic, fanatical, SI. hung up, rabid, mad.
3. spirited, animated, vivacious, lively; vigorous, forceful, energetic, exuberant; ebullient, irrepressible, bubbling over, effervescent; demonstrative, emotive, expressive, effusive, gushing, Inf. gaga.

enthusiastically, adv. 1. ardently, fervently, eagerly, keenly, Inf in a big way, anxiously; vehemently, fervidly, desperately, excessively, extremely, Inf. allfired; devotedly, earnestly, in earnest, wholeheartedly, Inf. with bells on; zealously, passionately, Inf. like mad, Inf. like crazy, fanatically, rabidly, madly.
2. vigorously, forcefully, energetically, with might and main, with a vengeance, Inf. hammer and tongs, Inf. for all one's worth, Inf. to beat the band, SI. up a storm; fiercely, tooth and nail.
3. spiritedly, animatedly, exuberantly; ebulliently, irrepressibly, effervescently; demonstratively, emotively, expressively, effusively, gushingly.

entice, v. allure, lure, tempt, inveigle, beguile, seduce, tantalize, pique, Archaic, trepan; bait, bait the hook, lead on, draw on, SI. give [s.o.] the come-on, SI. bat one's eyes at; wheedle, cajole, Inf. sweet-talk, coax, blandish, SI. soft-soap; ensnare, draw in, SI. rope in, SI. suck in.

enticement, n. 1. allurement, allure, temptation, invitation, beguilement, inveiglement, tantalization, seduction, baiting; cajolery, blandishment, coaxing, wheedling.
2. lure, decoy, bait, snare, trap, forbidden fruit, SI. come-on; honeyed words, Inf. soft soap.

entire, adj. 1. whole, complete, total, aggregate, integral, plenary, full; extensive, extended, wholesale; comprehensive, universal, inclusive, all-inclusive; un-