Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
impanation
impanel
impart
impartial
impartible
impassable
impasse
impassible
impassion
impassioned
impassive
impasto
impatiens
impatient
impeach
impeccable
impecunious
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

impassion

im·pas·sion [ im pásh'n ] (past and past participle im·pas·sioned, present participle im·pas·sion·ing, 3rd person present singular im·pas·sions)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
arouse feelings in: to arouse strong feelings in somebody ( usually passive )
a crowd that was impassioned by his oratory

[Late 16th century. < Italian impassionare< passione "passion" < late Latin passion- (see passion)]
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft