passion a tet (pash on at)

t. [ Neither did I thinke any so malitious as now I see a great many: yet it shal not so pa ionate me but I will doe my best for my most maligner. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's Works, L. 229. 2. To portray with natural emotion or pa ion; personate. There have they their play-house, where the parts of women are acted by women, and too naturally pa ion Sandys , Travailes, p. 192. ated. Great pleasure, mixt with pittiful regard, That godly King and Queene did pa ionate , Whyles they his pittifull adventures heard. Spenser, F. Q., L. xii. 16. Thy niece and I, poor creatures, want our hands, And cannot pa ionate our tenfold grief. Shak ., lit. And., fii. 26. pa ionate (pash'on-at), a. [= F. pa ionné = It. pa ion a to , pa ion at us , pa ionate, impa ioned: see the verb.] Characterized by pa ion; exhibiting or expre ing pa ion. (a) Easily moved to vehement emotion, especially to anger; easily excited or agitated; also, exhibiting or feeling ve hement emotion. Their scorn full vsage made the Captaine so pa ionate , to appease his anger and choler their intent made many faire excuses for satisfaction. Capt. John Smith , Works, II. 233. IMG:content-2434.png:[blocks in formation] High, self-contain'd, and pa ionle . Tennyson, Guinevere. pa ion-music (pash'on-mūzik), n. The mu- sic of a pa ion-play; a form of cantata or ora- Shak . , 2 Hen. VI., i. 1. 104. torio treating of the sufferings and death of Nephew, what means this pa ionate discourse, This peroration with such circumstance? IMG:content-2435.png:[blocks in formation] Christ. The idea of such works appeared in very early Christian times, having a strictly liturgical origin. Its later development has tended somewhat toward concert-mu- sic. The personages usually introduced are the Evangelist or Narrator, the Saviour, the Disciples, the People, etc.; al- legorical or idealized characters also occur. Recitatives, solos, duets, choruses, and even instrumental numbers, are employed as in other oratorios, but, at least in the German pa ions, the liturgical style controls every element; hence chorals are often introduced for the use of the congregation or audience. The most noted example is the "Pa ion ac- cording to St. Matthew" of J. S. Bach. Also called pas- sion-oratorio, or simply pa ion . pa ion-play (pash'on-plā), n. A mystery or miracle-play representing the different scenes in the pa ion of Christ. The pa ion-play is still in the Bavarian highlands, perhaps the only example to be found at the present day. This pa ionate humour of mine. Shak . , Rich. III., i. 4. 121 (ed. Knight). Pa ion-tide (pash'on-tid), n. In the Rom . IMG:content-2436.png:[blocks in formation] pa ion a to (pas-i-ō-nä'tō), a. [It.: see pas- sionate.] Pa ionate: in music, noting a pas- sage to be rendered with emotional intensity. pa ioned (pash'ond), p . a. [ pa ion + -ed2. Cf. impa ioned.] 1. Moved by pa ion; vio- lently affected. Diversly pa ioned is the lover's hart, Now pleasaunt hope, now dread and grievous fere. Sir T. More, Int. to Utopia, p. lxxii. IMG:content-2437.png:[blocks in formation] Cath. calendar , the last two weeks of Lent, com- prising Pa ion Week and Holy Week. pa ion-vine (pash'on-vin), n. Same as pas- sion - flower . pa ive (pas'iv), a . [ pa if = Sp. pasivo = Pg. It. pa ivo (= D. pa ief = G. Sw. Dan. pa iv , in gram.), pa ivus , serving to ex- pre the suffering of an action ( pa ivum ver- fering or feeling; pat i , pp. pa us , suffer: see bum , a pa ive verb); in LL. lit. capable of suf- pa ion, patient .] 1. Suffering; not acting; in- active; receiving or capable of receiving im- pre ions from external objects. In the reception of simple ideas, the understanding is for the most part pa ive . I hid my head within a Convent, there Lay pa ive as a dormouse in midwinter. 2. Receptive; unresisting; not opposing; re- ceiving or suffering without resistance: as, pas- sive obedience; pa ive submi ion to the laws. Half the duty of a Christian in this life consists in the exercise of pa ive graces. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 752. The sweet degrees that this brief world affords To such as may the pa ive drugs of it Freely command. Shak ., T. of A., iv. 3. 254. Pa ive to his holy will, Trust I in my Master still, Even though he slay me. 3. In gram ., expre ive of the suffering or en- during of some action, or the being affected by some action: applied to a derivative mode of conjugation, by which that which is the object of the other or "active" form is made the sub- ject of the enduring of the verbal action: thus, Lydia a me amatur , 'Lydia is loved by me,' is corresponding pa ive to ego Lydiam amo, I love Lydia.' A nearly complete pa ive conjugation is formed especially in Latin; and the name pa ive is given also to the equivalent verb-phrases in other languages, as English, French, and German. Abbreviated pa . - Pas- sive bonds. See active bonds, under active . - Pa ive commerce. See active commerce , under active . - Pa ive congestion. Same as pa ive hyperemia (which see, un- agreement between the debtor and creditor, no interest payable, as distinguished from active debt -that is, a debt upon which interest is payable. Wharton . - Pa ive fund. See fund1 , 2.-Pa ive hyperemia. See hyperemia . Pa ive insufficiency of a muscle, insufficient length of a muscle when it is entirely relaxed to allow, in certain postures of the joints concerned, complete contraction of the antagonists: thus, the extensors of the fingers are too short to allow complete flexion of the fingers when there is much flexion at the wrist. - Pa ive intellect. See intellect , 1.- Pa ive motion. See motion . - Pas- sive obedience. See obedience . - Pa ive operations ( mil it .), operations undertaken solely to repel an enemy's attack. - Pa ive power [ potent i a pa iva , in A quinas, perhaps in early trans. from Aristotle's "Metaphysics," cap. 12], a faculty of receiving some impre ion from with- out, or of undergoing some change. - Pa ive prayer, among mystic divines, a suspension of the activity of the intellectual faculties, the soul remaining quiet and yield- ne . See righteousne . Pa ive title, in law , a title incurred by an heir in heritage who does not enter as heir in the regular way, and therefore incurs liability for the whole debts of deceased, irrespective of the a ets. Paters on. - Pa ive trust. See trust . = Syn. 1. Inert, qui- escent, inactive.-2. Submi ive, patient, long-suffering, stoical. pa ively (pås'iv-li), adv . 1. In a pa ive man- ner; without action; unresistingly.-2. As a pa ivene (pas'iv-nes), n . 1. The state or property of being pa ive, or of receiving im- pre ions from external agents or causes: as, the pa ivene of matter.-2. Pa ibility; ca- pacity of suffering. You know a spirit cannot wounded be, Nor wear such marks of human pa ivene e . 3. Patience; calmne ; unresisting submi ion; lack of power to act, or omi ion to act. That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise pa ivene . pa -key (pas'kē), n. 1. A key for opening several locks; a master-key; a skeleton key.- 2. A latch-key. pa -lambt (pås'lam), n. The paschal or Pa - over lamb. Ther's not a House but hath som body slain, Saue th' Israeli tes, whose doors were markt before With sacred Pa - Lamb's sacrament all gore. pa -parole (pas'pa-rōl"), n. Milit ., a command given at the head of an army and communicated by word of mouth to the rear. pa port (pås'port), n. [Formerly also pasport , pa e port ; = Sp. pasaporte = Pg. pa aporte = It. pa a por to = G. pa port , pa e port , a pa port, a safe-conduct, sea-letter, etc., pa er , pa , + port , port, harbor: see port1 .] 1. A document i ued by competent civil au- thority, granting permi ion to the person specified in it to travel, or authenticating his right to protection. In some states no person is al- lowed to leave the country without a pa port from his government, but the regulations of different jurisdictions regarding the use of pa ports have varied much, and of late years have exhibited a tendency toward a relaxation The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary of stringency, extending in many countries to their total abolition. Pa ports must give a description of the per- son. Those of the United States (1887) "request all whom it may concern to permit safely and freely to pa , and in case of need to give (him) all lawful Aid and Protec- tion," and are given under the seal of the Secretary of State. Pa ports may be given for goods as well as for persons; and in time of war a ship's pa port is a voucher of her neutral character. Let him depart; his pa port shall be made, And crowns for convoy put into his purse. Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie. His pa port is his innocence and grace. Dryden, Death of Amyntas, 1. 76. This Ring shall be the pa port of Intelligence. Steele, Grief A-la-Mode, iv. 1. For ten long years I roved about, living first in one capi- tal, then another. Provided with plenty of money, and the pa port of an old name, I could choose my own society. Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, xxvii. past (past), p . a . and n. [ past , pa ed ; pp. of pa , v.] I. p. a. 1. Gone by; belong- ing to a time previous to this; not present nor future: as, past time; one's past life. When to the se ions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past , I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought. Hit was presented that, by the space of foure or fyve yeres or more last past , or there-aboutes English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 205. II. n. The time that has preceded the present; a former or bygone time, or the events of that time; that part of the history, life, or experi- ences of a person or thing that is pa ed: as, to forget the past ; an unfortunate past . No, Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change;... Thy registers and thee I both defy, Not wondering at the present nor the past . Clear from marge to marge shall bloom Tennyson, In Memoriam, xlvi. past (past), prep . and adv . [Formerly pa ed ; orig. pp., used elliptically, and extended to purely prepositional and adverbial uses: see past , p . a.] I. prep. prep Beyond. (a) Beyond in time; And it was pa ed.xij . or the sayde proce yon myght come oones aboute, pa ynge by as faste as they myght goo but one tyme. Sir R. Guylforde , Pylgrymage, p. 9. Sara.. was delivered of a child when she was past age. Heb. xi. 11. (b) Beyond in position; further than; also, by and beyond: as, the house stands a little past the junction. My lord, the enemy is past the marsh. IMG:content-2439.png:[blocks in formation] Do but winnow their chaffe from their wheat, ye shall see their great heape shrink and wax thin past beliefe. Milton , Apology for Smectymnuus. (d) Beyond in number or amount; above; more than; exceeding. The northern Irish Scots have bows not past three quar- ters of a yard long. Spenser, State of Ireland. Boats hauing not past three yron nailes in them. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 10. He has not past three or four hairs on his chin. Shak., T. and C., i. 2. 121. He set store on her past every thing; for all, nobody but him thought her so very handsome. Charlotte Brontë , Jane Eyre, xxxvi. II. adv . By; so as to pa and go beyond. And at times, from the fortre acro the bay, The alarum of drums swept past . Long fellow , The Cumber land. past an cet, n. [ME., also past a unce , pastans ; pa etans , pa etens , pa e temps , F. pa e- temps = Sp. pasatiempo = Pg. It. pa a tempo , a pastime, pa are , pa , + temp us , time: see pa , v ., and temporal . Cf.pastime .] A pastime. Sir Peter Shyrborne, and all other knyghtes that had justed those four dayes with the knightes, thanked them greatly of their past a unce . Berners, tr. of Froi art's Chron., II. clxviii. Thowgh I sumtyme be in Englond for my past a unce , Yet was I neyther borne here, in Spayne, nor in Fraunce. Bp. Bale , Kynge Johan, p. 8. ( Hall i well .) Shak ., Sonnets, xxx. pastel (past), n . and a . [Early mod. E. also paast ; paste , paste , F. páte = Sp. Pg. It. pasta , LL. pasta , paste, πάστη , f., also παστά, neut. pl., a barley porridge, appar. orig. a salted me , me of food, παστός (fem. παστή, neut. pl. παστά ) , besprinkled, salted, πάσσειν , Attic πάττειν , strew, sprinkle. Cf. pas- ma , from the same source.) I. n. 1. A com- position in which there is just sufficient moist- ure to soften the ma without liquefying it: as, flour paste , polishing- paste , etc. Specifically- (a) Dough; more particularly, flour and water with ad- And ho so coueyteth to know hym such a kynde hym fol- weth, As ich tolde the with tonge a lytel tyme pa ed . Never-O fault! - reveal'd myself unto him Until some half-hour past . Shak ., Lear, v. 3. 193. 3. Spent; ended; accomplished; existing no more; over and done with. The harvest is past , the summer is ended. Jer. viii. 20. Past indiscretion is a venial crime. Couper, Truth, 1. 491. 4. That has completed a full term and is now retired: as, a past (or pa ed ) master in free- masonry. See master1 .-5. That indicates or notes past time: as, a past participle; the past tense.- Last past, that has just pa ed; immediately preceding the present. [For] raising of paste few could her excel. Catskin's Garland (Child's Ballads, VIII. 175). Dame Life, tho' fiction out may trick her, And in paste gems and frippery deck her; Oh! flickering, feeble, and unsicker Resist compositions intended for this latter purpose are usually called pastes, and color so preserved is said to be pasted . O'Neill, Dyeing and Calico Printing, p. 394. [Also past ; a corrupt form paste2+ (past), n. of OF. pa e , pase , border, edging, a particular use of pa e , a pa , etc., with ref. to pa ement , lace, etc.: see pa ement .] 1. A ruff.-2. A circlet or wreath of jewels or flowers formerly worn as a bridal wreath. paste paid to Alice Lewis, a goldsmith's wife of London, for a serclett to marry maydens in, iijl. A. D. 1540. Rock , Church of our Fathers, III. ii. 174. 3. Pa ement or gimp. bones. on the cover. obtained from it. The pastel vat is set with a variety of woad. O'Neill , Dyeing and Calico Printing, p. 282. 2. In art: (a) A colored crayon made of pigments ground ground with chalk, and compounded with gum-water into a sort of paste. ( b ) A drawing made with colored chalks or crayons; also, the art of drawing with colored crayons. [ pastel The principle of pastel is that the colours, when on the paper, are in a state of dry powder, most of which is slightly adherent. The plain truth is that it is simply dry painting. Hamerton, Graphic Arts, xviii. pastelert, n. See pastler . pastelist, pastellist (pas'tel-ist), n. + -ist .] An artist who uses pastels or colored crayons. The Academy , Nov. 3, 1888, p. 294. paste-maker (pāst'mā kér), n. A machine for mixing the ingredients of paste. It consists of a vertical geared shaft with stirring-dashers revolving in a vat. The lower end of the shaft is tubular, and is coupled to a steam-pipe by means of a screw-threaded step-block. The contents of the vat are warmed by admi ion of steam to the tubular shaft.