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▪ I. disˈpassion, n.
[f. dis- 9 + passion n.]
Freedom from passion; dispassionateness; † apathy.
1692J. Edwards Farther Enq. Rem. Texts O. & N.T. 249 Those hard and flinty philosophers, who talk'd of an utter dispassion. a1698Temple Gardening (R.), What is called by the Stoics apathy or dispassion; by the Sceptics indisturbance; by the Molinists quietism..seems all to mean but great tranquillity of mind. 1785Sir C. Wilkins in Jas. Mill Brit. India (1818) I. ii. vi. 233 Who constantly placeth his confidence in dispassion. 1892Miss L. T. Smith in Academy 13 Aug. 123/1 The peculiarity of his stand⁓point gives a calm dispassion to his statements.
▪ II. † disˈpassion, v. Obs.
[f. dis- 7 a + passion n. Cf. mod.F. dépassioner (in 16th c. F. ‘to put into a passion’).]
trans. To free from passion. Chiefly in ppl. a. disˈpassioned.
1608Donne Serm. cvii. IV. 463 Sober and discreet and dispassioned and disinterested men. a1612― βιαθανατος (1648) 193 It became Moses to be reposed and dispassioned..in his Conversation with God. 1668Clarendon Life i. (1843) 926/2 In all those controversies, he had so dispassioned a consideration..and so profound a charity in his conscience, that [etc.]. 1746Cawthorne Equality Hum. Cond. 131 Ease and joy, dispassion'd reason owns, As often visits cottages as thrones. |