Impart
[ɪm'pɑːt] or [ɪm'pɑrt]
Definition
(verb.) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; 'Sound carries well over water'; 'The airwaves carry the sound'; 'Many metals conduct heat'.
(verb.) transmit (knowledge or skills); 'give a secret to the Russians'; 'leave your name and address here'; 'impart a new skill to the students'.
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Definition
(n.) To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warmth.
(n.) To obtain a share of; to partake of.
(n.) To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.
(v. i.) To give a part or share.
(v. i.) To hold a conference or consultation.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Give, grant, bestow, CONFER, share.[2]. Communicate, divulge, disclose, reveal, tell, make known.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See GIVE]
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Definition
v.t. to bestow a part of: to give: to communicate: to make known.—v.i. to give a part.—ns. Impartā′tion the act of imparting; Impart′ment (Shak.) the act of imparting: that which is imparted disclosure.
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Examples
- It is perhaps my duty to impart to you the little I know. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If he, the Secretary, engaged that schoolmaster to impart it to him, the channel might be opened. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Let me impart my confidence to you, you flurried little thing, in my own way. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Thereafter she stood a little way apart, but not so far as I should have desired, for I had many little confidences to impart to my long-lost love. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Let her identity, her connection with yourself, be buried in oblivion: you are bound to impart them to no living being. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Strong bulkheads, and double bottoms with air-tight compartments, impart buoyancy in case of collision. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The regulation and control of the action of gunpowder in such a manner as to exert less strain upon the gun, and to impart more energy to the projectile. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This vapor is rendered intensely cold by expansion, and this cold is imparted to the water in tank _a_ to freeze it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The girl still held Oliver fast by the hand, and continued to pour into his ear, the warnings and assurances she had already imparted. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Even what she read and said seemed to us to be ill-chosen for such auditors, if it had been imparted ever so modestly and with ever so much tact. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- These indentations correspond to the vibrations imparted to the needle through the diaphragm, and are the recorded sounds made by the singer or band. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The impression is made by an oscillating type wheel, to which a variable throw is imparted by the key letters to bring any desired letter into printing position. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But still, change and waver as they might in the expression they imparted to the music, their resolution to play never faltered. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But you have not imparted to me,' remarks Veneering, 'what you think of my entering the House of Commons? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is a means of imparting a knowledge of scientific facts and principles to unschooled minds. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Thus imparting knowledge gets assimilated to a purely physical process. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- So our young friends, reduced to prose (which is much to be regretted), degenerate in their power of imparting pleasure to me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Her engines are the twin-screw vertical triple expansion type, imparting a speed of 21. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- BOUNDERBY'S first disquietude on hearing of his happiness, was occasioned by the necessity of imparting it to Mrs. Sparsit. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Give me your confidence, Jane, he said: relieve your mind of any weight that oppresses it, by imparting it to me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Fitch’s first boat employed a system of paddles suspended by their handles from cranks, which, in revolving, gave the paddles a motion simulating that which the Indian imparts to his paddle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This gives the edifice the romantic appearance of having been riddled with cannon-balls, and imparts to it a very warlike aspect. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Its rapidly revolving cutter head reduces the uneven thickness of the lumber to an exact gauge, and simultaneously imparts the fine smooth surface. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is tasteless and inodorous and imparts no disagreeable taste or odor to the substance being treated. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- To these young scullions Mrs. Bagnet occasionally imparts a wink, or a shake of the head, or a crooked face, as they made mistakes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- E is a diverging tube which receives the water injected by the jet of steam that condenses at I, and imparts to the water a portion of its speed in proportion to the pressure of the boiler. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- My dear Mrs Boffin,' said Mrs Lammle, 'it imparts new life to me, to see my Alfred in confidential communication with Mr Boffin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Rae