Impassion
verb
verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 make passionate, instill passion in transitive
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Italian impassionare. By surface analysis, im- + passion.
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