impartible

[im-pahr-tuh-buhl]

adjective

1. not partible; indivisible.

impartible

/ ɪmˈpɑːtəbəl /

adjective

1. law (of land, an estate, etc) incapable of partition; indivisible

2. capable of being imparted

Other Word Forms

• impartibility noun
• impartibly adverb
• unimpartible adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of impartible¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin impartībilis indivisible. See im- ², partible

Example Sentences

Impartible, im-p�rt′i-bl, adj. capable of being imparted.—n.

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Impartible, im-p�rt′i-bl, adj. not partible: indivisible.—n.

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The next thing we are to consider, is the way or manner of the trajection of this motion through the interpos'd pellucid body to the eye: And here it will be easily granted, First, That it must be a body susceptible and impartible of this motion that will deserve the name of a Transparent.

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The latter made much show of an impartible and inalienable sovereignty eternally vested in the people; but in practice its exercise is impossible outside the confines of a city-state.

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Antonyms: impartible, indivisible. partake, v. share, participate in. partaker, n. participant, participator, sharer. partaking, n. participation. parted, a. separated, divided, severed, disunited, isolated, detached, riven, cleft, sundered. partial, a. warped, biased, prejudiced; imperfect, incomplete.

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