Impart

//ɪmˈpɑːt// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property). transitive

    "The sun imparts warmth."

  2. 2
    transmit or serve as the medium for transmission wordnet
  3. 3
    To give a part or to share. transitive

    "Expressing well the spirit within thee [Adam] free, / My [God's] image, not imparted to the brute."

  4. 4
    transmit (knowledge or skills) wordnet
  5. 5
    To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.). transitive

    "Well may he then to you his cares impart."

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  1. 6
    bestow a quality on wordnet
  2. 7
    To hold a conference or consultation. intransitive
  3. 8
    To obtain a share of; to partake of. transitive

    "Sweet Cossen, what we may not now impart, heere let vs bury it, closely in our hart"

Etymology

From Middle English imparten, borrowed from Middle French impartir, empartir, from Late Latin impartiō, impertiō, from im- (“in”) + Latin partiō (“divide”).

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