infatuate

verbs

arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
"His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her"
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is a type of (narrower)
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
"arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"