Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To arouse the passions of.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To move or affect strongly with passion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Archaic To move or affect strongly with passion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive make
passionate , instilpassion in
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In mould of figutt, and in frame of mind, Th 'impassion'd accent, and impiessivc To him th' heroic sphere must be assign'd. mien,
Biographia dramatica, or, A companion to the playhouse: 1782
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But I watch Torchwood with my impassion but I felt for Ianto's death (I was shunned).
TORCHWOOD: CoE...Episode 5...Spoilers! rabid1st 2009
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"And how might these films be used to maybe impassion us to become more active citizens or to take on certain issues that compel us?"
Social Injustice Highlighted at Silverdocs Film Festival 2011
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"And how might these films be used to maybe impassion us to become more active citizens or to take on certain issues that compel us?"
Social Injustice Highlighted at Silverdocs Film Festival 2011
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Colin Montgomerie, the European captain, seems to have found a way to impassion his players for the divided third session on Saturday and Sunday.
Tipping Point in Ryder Cup JOHN PAUL NEWPORT 2010
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Use his defeat abroad to impassion his domestic opponents
Obama Has Lost A Valuable Thing - Dan_McLaughlin’s blog - RedState 2009
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Michelle Obama, she weighed in on the contentious issue for the first time yesterday, making her case for change in an impassion speech at the White House.
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Those are the gifts that make impassion my beliefs and why I write you now.
Shannyn Moore: Family Values. Family Votes. Dear Pop... 2008
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Linguistic scholars design language filled with buzzwords and catch phrases that encapsulate their values and impassion their zeal.
Progressive Christians Respond to Neo-con Fundamentalism 2008
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Can we say that the way the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father or how justification of the sinner comes about are the problems that impassion the men of today and with which the Christian faith stands or falls?
Archive 2008-03-16 papabear 2008
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