passion

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Health problems and all, my passion is as alive at 62 as when I first preached to that empty row of chairs.

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  1. noun A powerful emotion, such as love, joy, hatred, or anger.
  2. noun Ardent love.
  3. noun Strong sexual desire; lust.
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  • But I walked away from that because my passion was here. —  Ory Okolloh on becoming an activist
  • They're struggling, but their passion is as strong as their adverse circumstances. —  High-Def Digest: HD DVD Disc News
  • Health problems and all, my passion is as alive at 62 as when I first preached to that empty row of chairs. —  Church Central News
  • Once the passion is there, once the talent is there then definitely the stories and the poetry will eventually come. —  Stabroek News
  • Other men have their football, baseball, or other regular sport - my passion is action sports, and the Mens Snowboard Superpipe is my equivalent of the Superbowl or the World Series ... so sue me ... heh heh heh ... —  Popcorn 'N Roses
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin passiō, passiōn-, sufferings of Jesus or a martyr, from Late Latin, physical suffering, martyrdom, sinful desire, from Latin, an undergoing, from passus, past participle of patī, to suffer; see pē(i)- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English passion, passiun, passioun, from Old French passion, French passion = Spanish pasion, pasio = Portuguese paixão = Italian passione, from LL.passio(n-), suffering, enduring (Late Latin, specifically, a suffering, a disease), also an event, occurrence, from Latin pati, past participle passus, suffer, endure, undergo: see patient.
  2. from Old French passioner,passionnier = Italian passionare, from ML.passionare, be affected with passion, from Latinpassio(n-), passion: see passion,n.
 

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