Fanaticize
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intransitive verb.
To make fanatical.
intransitive verb.
To behave as a fanatic.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To make fanatical.
To play the fanatic.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To cause to become a fanatic.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To make into a
fanatic
verb.
To cause to be
fanatical
Word Usage
"Players fanaticize about what it's like to be a rock star and they present to actually play the songs."