impart
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impart
- /ɪmˈpɑːt/ UK
- /ɪmˈpɑɹt/ Canada, US
- /ɪmˈpaːt/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t
Where it comes from
From Middle English imparten, borrowed from Middle French impartir, empartir, from Late Latin impartiō, impertiō, from im- (“in”) + Latin partiō (“divide”).
verb imparts · imparting · imparted
- To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property). The sun imparts warmth.
- To give a part or to share. Expressing well the spirit within thee [Adam] free, / My [God's] image, not imparted to the brute.
- To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.). Well may he then to you his cares impart.
- To hold a conference or consultation.
- To obtain a share of; to partake of. Sweet Cossen, what we may not now impart, heere let vs bury it, closely in our hart
