Obs. [see prec.] To rouse to passion; to impassion.

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1589.  Puttenham, Eng. Poesie (Arb.), 166. By your Hyperbole … seeking to inueigle and appassionate the minde.

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1611.  Florio, Ammartellare, to appassionat with ielousie or doubt till ones heart pant … Appassionare, to appassionate.

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