impassion

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪmˈpæʃən/ UK /ɪmˈpæʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to fill with intense feeling or passion

The speech served to impassion the weary crowd.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to fill with intense... inflame excite arouse kindle stir fire rouse

Opposites

calm subdue dampen pacify

Word family

Derived forms impassionedimpassioning

Related forms passion passionate compassion

Etymology

From Italian impassionare or French impassioner, from in- ('in') + passion, ultimately from Latin passio ('suffering'), from pati ('to suffer').

passio Latin pati Latin

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# impassion

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪmˈpæʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪmˈpæʃən/

## Meanings
1. to fill with intense feeling or passion

## Examples
- The speech served to impassion the weary crowd.

## Synonyms
- inflame
- excite
- arouse
- kindle
- stir
- fire
- rouse

## Antonyms
- calm
- subdue
- dampen
- pacify

## Derived Forms
- impassioned
- impassioning

## Related Forms
- passion
- passionate
- compassion

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: passio
- Root: pati

## Etymology
From Italian impassionare or French impassioner, from in- ('in') + passion, ultimately from Latin passio ('suffering'), from pati ('to suffer').

## AI Etymology
impassion comes from Italian impassionare or French impassioner, from in- ('in') + passion, ultimately from Latin passio ('suffering'), from pati ('to suffer'). Morphologically, the prefixed shape matters: the initial element belongs to the recorded formation and helps explain the modern form's surface analysis. In present English, the verb sense is "to fill with intense feeling or passion", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as passion, passionate, and compassion, and in derivatives such as impassioned and impassioning. Its semantic neighborhood includes inflame, excite, arouse, and kindle, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin passio and Latin pati.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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