impassion en · VERB
Etymology
From Italian impassionare. By surface analysis, im- + passion.
Meanings
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(transitive) make passionate, instill passion in
Personal prudence even when dictated by quite other than selfish considerations surely is no special virtue in a military man; while an excessive love of glory, impassioning a less burning impulse, the honest sense of duty, is the first.
1924, Herman Melville, chapter 4, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:Baseball remains a formidable item, yet scarcely capable of balancing the scale against the sports—football, cricket, racing, pelota, bull-fighting—which, in Europe, impassion the common people, and draw most of their champions from the common people.
1912, Arnold Bennett, Your United States:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| impassions | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| impassioning | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| impassioned | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| impassioned | Tense=Past | lexicographic |