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impassion

[im-pash-uhn]

im·pas·sion

[im-pash-uhn]
verb (used with object)
to fill, or affect strongly, with intense feeling or passion; inflame; excite.

Origin:
1585–95; < Italian impassionare. See im-1, passion
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impassion (ɪmˈpæʃən)
 
vb
(tr) to arouse the passions of; inflame

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