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impassion
[ im-pash-uhn ]
/ ɪmˈpæʃ ən /
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verb (used with object)
to fill, or affect strongly, with intense feeling or passion; inflame; excite.
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Words nearby impassion
impartiality, impartible, impassable, impasse, impassible, impassion, impassionate, impassioned, impassive, impaste, impasto
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How to use impassion in a sentence
This greater goal, be it altruistic or economic, helps impassion people, and passion is a great mobilizer.
For though along impassion'd grandeur roll, Yet in full power simplicity is thine.
The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White|Henry Kirke WhiteHe spake and sat; when from his seat arose Paris, fair Helen's noble paramour, Who thus with speech impassion'd quick replied.
The Iliad of Homer|HomerToo, too prophetic did thy wild note swell, Impassion'd minstrel!
The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White|Henry Kirke White
British Dictionary definitions for impassion
impassion
/ (ɪmˈpæʃən) /
verb
(tr) to arouse the passions of; inflame
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