To amouranise oneself

Reflexive verb. French original: S’amouraniser.

French pronunciation: /sa.mu.ʁa.ni.ze/ — English approximation: sah-moo-rah-nee-ZAY.

To find oneself overcome by a romantic attachment so sudden and inevitable that one can no longer say precisely when it all began.

English conjugation

• Infinitive: to amouranise oneself
• Present: I amouranise myself; you amouranise yourself; he/she amouranises himself/herself; we amouranise ourselves; they amouranise themselves
• Past simple: amouranised (oneself)
• Past participle: amouranised
• Present participle: amouranising

Example

“He thought he merely liked her; he had already amouranised himself.”