passionate (ss as sh), passion at

[Low Lat. pa ion at us, from Lat. pa io =suffering, pas sion (q. v.); O. Fr. pa i one; French pa ionné.] Excited or moved by pa ion; characterized by or exhibiting pa ion; as 1. Characterized by or exhibiting strong feeling or emotion; excited, vehement, warm. "In the midst of his pa ionate a everations, he fell down dead upon the spot."-Cowper: Cock Fighter's Gar land. (Note.) IMG:content-0728.png:[blocks in formation] "This pa ionate humor of mine." Shakesp.: Richard III., i. 4. *păs'-sion-āte ( as sh), v . t . [PASSIONATE, a .] 1. To affect with pa ion; to impa ion. "Great pleasure mix'd with pitiful regard, That godly king and queen did pa ionate ." Spenser: F. Q., I. xii. 16. 2. To expre pa ionately or sorrowfully. "Thy niece and I, poor creatures, want our hands, And cannot pa ionate our tenfold grief With folded arms." Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus, iii. 2.