Impart

/ɪmˈpɑːt/ · verb

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).
2. (transitive) To give a part or to share.
3. (transitive) To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).
4. (intransitive) To hold a conference or consultation.
5. (transitive) To obtain a share of; to partake of.

Example Sentences

The sun imparts warmth.

to impart food to the poor

He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double purchase and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put to the test the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure."

Along the way, they meet Master Wong, who teaches them kung fu and imparts nuggets of Chinese philosophy, knowledge and training that they eventually use to defeat their nemesis and save their village.

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

Did not Mazzini impart his spirit to divided Italy, and make her one?

Cary Grant imparts his ineffable charm, Kennedy (with metal hand) provides comic brutality, while Hepburn is elegantly fraught.

Well may he then to you his cares impart.

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Word Forms

• imparts
• imparting
• imparted

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