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adj
Filled with passion; impassioned
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: impassioned, passionate
Antonyms: disimpassioned, apathetic, indifferent
adj
Lacking passion; dispassionate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: dispassionate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
to affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Italian impassionato. By surface analysis, in- (“into”) + passion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
From im- (“not”) + passionate.
From the above adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Equivalent to in- (“into”) + passion + -ate.
