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▪ I. dispassionate, a.|dɪˈspæʃənət|
[f. dis- 10 + passionate a. Cf. It. disappassionato, Sp. desapasionado.]
Free from the influence of passion or strong emotion; calm, composed, cool; impartial. Said of persons, their faculties, and actions.
1594Parsons Confer. Success ii. ix. 218 So themselues do confesse. I meane the wise and dis-passionate among them. 1646J. Hall Horae Vac. 58 Mens judgements have more time to grow dispassionate and disintangled. 1780Cowper Progr. Err. 453 A critic on the sacred book should be Candid and learned, dispassionate and free. 1874Green Short Hist. vi. §4. 300 A dispassionate fairness towards older faiths. 1877E. R. Conder Bas. Faith iii. 102 They account it the prime duty of a dispassionate inquirer.
¶ Used as = ‘passionate’ (16th c. F. depassioné: see dispassion v.).
1635R. Brathwait Arcad. Pr. 114 Fixing his ferret eyes in a furious and dispassionate manner.
▪ II. † disˈpassionate, v. Obs. rare.
[f. dis- 6.]
trans. To free from passion. Hence † disˈpassionated ppl. a.
1647Mayne Answ. Cheynel 27 (T.) As all dispassionated men may judge. 1658Walton Life Donne (ed. 2) 21 These..had so dispassionated [1640 dispassioned] Sir George, that..he also could not but see..merit in his new son. |