impassion means make passionate, instill passion in. It carries an Arena rating of 1562, earned across 54 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, impassion ranks #2,398 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #4,611 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words, #5,859 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #6,079 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound.
Why “impassion” is a great word
IMPASSION — [Verb] To fill or inflame with strong feeling or passion. From Italian impassionare, from assimilated form of in- ("in, into") + passione ("passion"), from Latin passio ("suffering, strong feeling"). First recorded in English c. 1590. Unlike "incite," which provokes action, or "animate," which bestows general vigor, to impassion is to stir the deep, foundational currents of ardent emotion itself. It is the orator's cadence that lifts a crowd to fervor, the forgotten melody that floods a room with yearning, and the quiet argument that permanently alters the temperature of one's convictions—the sudden conversion of a neutral state into one where the blood remembers it is fire.
Etymology
From Italian impassionare. By surface analysis, im- + passion.
verb
- make passionate, instill passion in
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