passion (pash on)

[ When the ball obeys the stroke of a billiard-stick, it is not any action of the ball, but bare pa ion. Locke, Human Understanding, II. xxi. 4. Victorious Titus, rue the tears I shed, A mother's tears in pa ion for her son. Shak., Tit. And., i. 1. 106. IMG:content-2431.png:[blocks in formation] I must be in a pa ion , Sir Lucius - I must be in a rage. Sheridan, The Rivals, iii. 4. 6. An object of great admiration or desire; something indulged in, pursued, or cultivated with extreme and serious ardor: as, poetry became a pa ion with him. He [General Hawley) is called Lord Chief Justice; frequent and sudden executions are his pa ion . Walpole , Letters, II. 1. They know not, cannot gue How much their welfare is a pa ion to us. Tennyson, Prince , iii. 7. A pa ionate display; an exhibition of deep IMG:content-2432.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2433.png:[blocks in formation]