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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 discourseWebster 1828 Edition
Impassioned
IMPAS'SIONED
,Adj.
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
English
Alternative forms
- empassioned [16th-18th c.]
Adjective
impassioned (comparative more impassioned, superlative most impassioned)
- 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.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.9:
Translations
fervent
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