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Webster 1913 Edition


Impassive

Im-pas′sive

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Adj.
Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved.
Impassive
as the marble in the quarry.
De Quincey.
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Im-pas′sive-ly
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adv.
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Im-pas′sive-ness
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Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Impassive

IMPAS'SIVE

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Adj.
[L. in and passus, patior,to suffer.]
Not susceptible of pain or suffering; as the impassive air; impassive ice.