I.to make a fool of, to infatuate (class.): “aliquem,” Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22; id. Fl. 20, 47; Sen. Suas. 2 fin.: “verbis, Auct. B. Afr. 16, 1: quemque adulatio infatuat,” Sen. Ep. 59 med.: “hominem,” Amm. 15, 8, 2. —
II. Transf., to deprive of taste, make flat: “infatuatum sal,” Hier. Ep. 2, 6.