impart

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɑːt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɑːɹt/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)t

impart (third-person singular simple present imparts, present participle imparting, simple past and past participle imparted)

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

   The sun imparts warmth.

   to impart food to the poor

2. (transitive) To give a part or to share.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VIII, line 440

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

   • 1907, Charles Henry Vine, The Old Faith and the New Theology‎:

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

   • 2002, John Pym, Time Out Film Guide‎, page 202:

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

3. (transitive) To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.
   • (Can we date this quote?) John Dryden

     Well may he then to you his cares impart.

   • (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare

     Gentle lady, / When I did first impart my love to you.

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:

     The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.

4. (intransitive) To hold a conference or consultation.
5. (intransitive) To obtain a share of; to partake of.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Munday to this entry?)

• (to give a part or share): bequeath, bestow, give; See also Thesaurus:give
• (to communicate knowledge of): disclose, tell; See also Thesaurus:announce or Thesaurus:inform

• impart at OneLook Dictionary Search
• impart in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• Primat, arm pit, armpit