Verb

(en verb)

make passionate, instill passion in

*{{quote-book, year=1912, author=Arnold Bennett, title=Your United States, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Baseball remains a formidable item, yet scarcely capable of balancing the scale against the sports--football, cricket, racing, pelota, bull-fighting--which, in Europe, impassion the common people, and draw most of their champions from the common people. }}