transitive verb

: to arouse the feelings or passions of

Examples of impassion in a Sentence

the obvious intent of the documentary was to impassion viewers to do something about global warming
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This heated conversation shows how a single issue can impassion voters enough to deny anything good the other candidate has done. Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 24 June 2020 Arlington Martin’s Patrick Dunn was impassioned as his athletes competed, visibly hungry, while Allen’s Jerry Best was calm, meticulously thinking. Peter Scamardo, Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2020

Word History

Etymology

probably from Italian impassionare, from in- (from Latin) + passione passion, from Late Latin passion-, passio

First Known Use

1591, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of impassion was in 1591

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“Impassion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impassion. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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