Part 5594

<hw>Im*pas"si*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>impassibilis</ets>; pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>passibilis</ets> passable: cf. F. <ets>impassible</ets>. See <er>Passible</er>.]</ety> <def>Incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain; not to be touched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing feeling; without sensation.</def> "<i>Impassible</i> to the critic."

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<blockquote>Secure of death, I should contemn thy dart Though naked, and <b>impassible</b> depart. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Impassibleness</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im*pas"si*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Impassibility.</def>

<h1>Impassion</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im*pas"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> in + <ets>passion</ets>. Cf. <er>Empassion</er>, <er>Impassionate</er>, <ets>v</ets>.]</ety> <def>To move or affect strongly with passion.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Impassionable</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im*pas"sion*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Excitable; susceptible of strong emotion.</def>

<h1>Impassionate</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im*pas"sion*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Strongly affected.</def>

<i>Smart.</i>

<h1>Impassionate</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im*pas"sion*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of.</def>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Impassionate</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im*pas"sion*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>passionate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Without passion or feeling.</def>

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Impassioned</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im*pas"sioned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p. & a.</tt> <def>Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; <as>as, an <ex>impassioned</ex> orator or discourse</as>.</def>

<h1>Impassive</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im*pas"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved.</def>

<blockquote><b>Impassive</b> as the marble in the quarry. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>On the <b>impassive</b> ice the lightings play. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Im*pas"sive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Im*pas"sive*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Impassivity</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im`pas*siv"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering; impassiveness.</def>