Imparted
[im'pa:tid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Impart
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Examples
- 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.
- But she is such an extraordinarily dear girl herself, that it's possible she may have imparted something of those virtues to me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- To whom I imparted how my uncle had come in the night and was then asleep, and how the breakfast preparations were to be modified accordingly. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The surprise depicted on the countenances of his guests imparted new courage to the host. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Is that confidence to be imparted to me soon? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- George could not help admiring his friend's simplicity, his good humour, his various learning quietly imparted, his general love of truth and justice. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I imparted to Mr. Jaggers my design of keeping him in ignorance of the fate of his wealth. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Every word he uttered had a force that no other grace could have imparted to it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The tale must be imparted, first to the rulers, then to the soldiers, lastly to the people. Plato. The Republic.
- It was thus imparted to her, as soon as any opportunity of private conference between them occurred. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Caddy sat upon the other side of me, next to Ada, to whom we imparted the whole history of the engagement as soon as we got back. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- To him she imparted those mysterious intimations which the soul feels, as the cords begin to unbind, ere it leaves its clay forever. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The sadness of the scene imparted a sombre tinge to the feelings of Mr. Winkle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This pair was blessed indeed, for years brought them, with great prosperity, great goodness: they imparted with open hand, yet wisely. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was as if a martyr, a hero, had passed a slave or victim, and imparted strength in the transit. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- By these means, strength and copiousness have been imparted to the English language. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But the dignity imparted to the profession of Agriculture by a few has now by the genius of invention become the heritage of all. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- One man in times of old, it is said, imparted vitality to the statue he had chiselled; others may have the contrary gift of turning life to stone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I represented myself as being surely worthy of some little confidence from him, in return for the confidence I had just now imparted. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Having imparted this valuable secret, Mr. Weller drained his glass once more, produced a laboured wink, sighed deeply, and slowly retired. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The odor imparted by the sulphur was to be destroyed by washing with potash or vinegar. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I was silent; Helen had calmed me; but in the tranquillity she imparted there was an alloy of inexpressible sadness. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I only got mine (imparted in the strictest secrecy) five minutes since. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In this manner the power imparted to the coil, as the pendulum vibrates to and fro, produces a continuous repetition of the attraction on each side alternately, and maintains a constant action. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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