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Passion

//ˈpæʃən// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
The sufferings of Jesus Christ from the night of the Last Supper to the Crucifixion.
"Empty bread, empty mouths, combien réaction. Empty bread, empty mouths, talk about the Passion. Not everyone can carry the weight of the world. Not everyone can carry the weight of the world."

Noun

1
A true desire sustained or prolonged. countable, uncountable
"An oil lamp burned upon a high, old-fashioned mantel, casting its dim rays over a dozen repulsive figures. All but one were men. The other was a woman of about thirty. Her face, marked by low passions and dissipation, might once have been lovely."
2
the trait of being intensely emotional wordnet
3
Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate. countable, uncountable
"We share a passion for books."
4
any object of warm affection or devotion wordnet
5
Fervor, determination. countable, uncountable

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6
a strong feeling or emotion wordnet
7
An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest. countable, uncountable
"It started as a hobby, but now my motorbike collection has become my passion."
8
a feeling of strong sexual desire wordnet
9
Sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional. countable, uncountable
"We shared a night of passion."
10
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action wordnet
11
The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion. capitalized, countable, uncountable, usually
"Moreouer the perfit beleue of this article, worketh in all true chriſten people, aloue to continue in this vnitie, and afeare to be caſte out of the ſame, and it worketh in them that be ſinners and repentant, great comforte, and conſolacion, to obteine remiſſion of ſinne, by vertue of Chriſtes paſſion, and adminiſtracion of his ſacramentes at the miniſters handes, ordained for that purpoſe, [...]"
12
something that is desired intensely wordnet
13
A display, musical composition, or play meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus. countable, uncountable
14
the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion wordnet
15
Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"a cardiac passion"
16
The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition countable, obsolete, uncountable
"A Body at reſt affords us no Idea of any active Power to move; and when it is ſet in motion its ſelf, that Motion is rather a Paſſion, than an Action in it: [...]"
17
The capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"The Differences of Impreſsible and Not Impreſsible; Figurable and Not Figurable; Mouldable and Not Mouldable; Sciſsile and Not Sciſsile; And many other Paſsions of Matter, are Plebeian Notions, applied vnto the Inſtruments and Vſes which Men ordinarily practiſe; [...]"
18
An innate attribute, property, or quality of a thing. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"[...] to obtain the knowledge of some passion of the circle."
19
Disorder of the mind; madness. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"The fit is momentary, vpon a thought / He will againe be well. If much you note him / You ſhall offend him, and extend his Paſſion, / Feed, and regard him not."

Verb

1
To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated. obsolete
"Dumbly she passions, frantically she doteth."
2
To give a passionate character to. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- Proto-Italic *patosder.? Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.? Latin patior Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin passiōbor. Old English passion ▲ Latin passiōbor. Old French passionbor. Middle English passioun English passion From Middle English passioun, passion, from Old French passion (and in part from Old English passion), from Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb patior (“I suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”), see also Old English fēond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame”).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Latin Passiō, a proper-noun use of passiō (“suffering”) (a sense of passion which is now obsolete or archaic in English).

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