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Impart v. t. (past & past part. imparted; pres. part. imparting)

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. "Well may he then to you his cares impart."

To obtain a share of; to partake of. (R.)

To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose. "Gentle lady, When I did first impart my love to you."

Synonyms: To share; yield; confer; convey; grant; give; reveal; disclose; discover; divulge. See Communicate.

Impart v. i.

To give a part or share. "He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none."

To hold a conference or consultation.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... it was perhaps the most popular picture of the year. The last of the three was Actaea, the Nymph of the Shore. It represents a small full-length nude figure lying on white drapery by the sea-shore. Actaea is a lovely figure, full of that grace which Leighton so well knew how to impart to ...

— Frederic Lord Leighton - An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work • Ernest Rhys

... servants, and these held a very high opinion of Mr. Armitage's character, based on his generosity in the matter of gold coin; and there could, of course, be no possible relationship between so shocking a tragedy and a chance acquaintance between two travelers. Mr. Armitage knew nothing that he cared to impart to detectives, and a great deal that he had no intention of imparting to any one. He accumulated a remarkable assortment of time-tables and advertisements of transatlantic sailings against sudden need, and even engaged passage on three steamers ...

— The Port of Missing Men • Meredith Nicholson

... on the stage. The vulgarity of English musical comedies and imported operettas is lacking on the Berlin and Vienna stage. German pieces of this kind are often extremely charming and diverting, and they impart that light-heartedness which is a first condition of a healthy mind. The audience is in no sense "highbrow," it is the general level of German humanity. It forgets and responds, and is ready to sing choruses with the leaders of song and dance. Three or four evenings spent ...

— Europe--Whither Bound? - Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 • Stephen Graham

... to shoot' (with a pistol, videlicet),—horses To mount and to manage with boldness, hounds to follow in hunting The fox, the tusky boar, the stag with his beautiful antlers: Arts, whether graceful or useful, in arms or equestrian usage, Did Augustus impart to his pupil, the youthful earl of the empire. To ride with stirrups or none, to mount from the near-side or off-side (Which still is required in the trooper who rides in the Austrian army), To ride with bridle or none, on a saddle Turkish or ...

— The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 (2 vols) • Thomas De Quincey

... absinthe contains 70 to 80% of alcohol. It is said to improve very materially by storage. There is a popular belief to the effect that absinthe is frequently adulterated with copper, indigo or other dye-stuffs (to impart the green colour), but, in fact, this is now very rarely the case. There is some reason to believe that excessive absinthe-drinking leads to effects which are specifically worse than those associated with over-indulgence in other forms ...

— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

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