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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; < It impassionare. See im- 1 , passion
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im·pas·sion   (ĭm-pāsh'ən)   
tr.v.   im·pas·sioned, im·pas·sion·ing, im·pas·sions
To arouse the passions of.

[Italian impassionare : in-, in (from Latin; see in-2) + passione, passion (from Latin passiō, passiōn-, emotion; see passion).]
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