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Webster 1913 Edition


Impassioned

Im-pas′sioned

,
p.
p.
&
Adj.
Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited;
as, an
impassioned
orator or discourse
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Impassioned

IMPAS'SIONED

,
Adj.
Actuated or agitated by passion.
The tempter all impassioned, thus began.
1.
Animated; excited; having the feelings warmed; as an impassioned orator.
2.
Animated; expressive of passion or ardor; as an impassioned discourse.

Definition 2024


impassioned

impassioned

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impassioned (comparative more impassioned, superlative most impassioned)

  1. Filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.9:
      She was empassioned at that piteous act, / With zealous envy of the Greekes cruell fact / Against that nation […].
    • 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, VI:
      The tears fell fast from the maiden's eyes as she closed her impassioned appeal, and hid her face in the bosom of her sister.

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