impart
- to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- to give; bestow; communicate: to impart knowledge.
- to grant a part or share of.
- to grant a part or share; give.
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transmit, communicate, convey, disclose, reveal, relate, expose, discover, publish, divulge, break, inform, admit, announce, tell, relinquish, cede, accord, lead, renderExamples from the Web for impart
Contemporary Examples of impart
The unusual textures (santouri, ney, lyra, clarinets, voices) impart a mystical quality to this work.
McDonald attempts to impart on him the severity of the consequences he will face should he find himself back in this courtroom.
Dave benefited from having experienced grower friends who could impart their knowledge onto him when he got started.
They have been used to impart profound wisdom and humorous mockery.
That lesson—perseverance despite obstacles that may seem insurmountable—was exactly the message that Obama sought to impart.
Historical Examples of impart
In a short time, I shall not have sufficient strength to impart all I have to say.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
This set them to looking up some other article which might impart variety to their fare.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
If no one was there, he had a lesson to impart, based on the silence and the darkness.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
But he did not go incontinently to impart to her that information.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
Let me impart my confidence to you, you flurried little thing, in my own way.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
impart
- to communicate (information); relate
- to give or bestow (something, esp an abstract quality)to impart wisdom
Word Origin for impart
Word Origin and History for impart
early 15c., "to give a part of (one's possessions); late 15c., "to share, take part," from Old French impartir (14c.), from Late Latin impartire (also impertire) "to share in, divide with another, communicate," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + partire "to divide, part" (see part (v.)). Related: Imparted; imparting.