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What is the verb for enthusiastic?

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enthuse
  1. (intransitive) to show enthusiasm
  2. (proscribed) to cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm or to be enthusiastic
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  4. Examples:
    1. “We want to enthuse these young people to become the next generation of wealth creators in the UK.”
      “Critics like to enthuse about Miles Davis in the 1950s and '60s and disregard his output during the 1970s, a creative period after which he retired for several years.”
      “Something in the human psyche wants to enthuse in the company of like-minded people.”
enthuses
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enthuse
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  3. Examples:
    1. “At the best it enthuses you to run as far away as possible, after you have had your fill.”
      “It brings out the political trainspotter in him, as he enthuses about the technology and techniques the party is honing.”
      “As he enthuses, jokes and extemporizes, it is obvious why he found success as a comedian and performer.”
enthusing
  1. present participle of enthuse
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I make absolutely no apology for enthusing about the trip, which was even more successful, unbelievably so, than the first.”
      “I'm getting emails and phone calls enthusing over my brilliance and insight when I guested on the Hugh Hewitt show last night.”
      “Leading people is a matter of sharing, of enthusing them, of obviously being for the common good and not just for yourself.”
enthused
  1. past participle of enthuse
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    1. “Then came the rise of the anti-capitalist and anti-war movement which has galvanised a new generation of activists and enthused many others.”
      “Scotland On Sunday art critic Iain Gale was less enthused, likening it to a show room for a factory production line.”
      “Councillors and local dignitaries invited to the opening were equally enthused by the new centre.”
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