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im·part    Audio Help   [im-pahrt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
2.to give; bestow; communicate: to impart knowledge.
3.to grant a part or share of.
–verb (used without object)
4.to grant a part or share; give.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME < L impartīre to share. See im-1, part]

im·part·a·ble, adjective
im·par·ta·tion, im·part·ment, noun
im·part·er, noun

1. reveal, divulge. See communicate. 2. grant, cede, confer.
1. conceal.
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im·part    Audio Help   (ĭm-pärt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   im·part·ed, im·part·ing, im·parts
  1. To grant a share of; bestow: impart a subtle flavor; impart some advice.
  2. To make known; disclose: persuaded to impart the secret.
  3. To pass on; transmit: imparts forward motion.


[Middle English imparten, from Old French impartir, from Latin impertīre, impartīre : in-, in; see in-2 + partīre, to share (from pars, part-, part; see perə-2 in Indo-European roots).]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
impart 
1477, from M.Fr. impartir, from L. impartire (also impertire) "to share in, divide with another, communicate," from in- "in" + partire "to divide, part."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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impart

verb
1. transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" 
2. bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" [syn: lend
3. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
impart [imˈpaːt] verb
to give (eg information)
Example: She said she had vital information to impart.
Arabic: يَمْنَح، يُضْفي على
Chinese (Simplified): 告诉
Chinese (Traditional): 告訴
Czech: sdělit
Danish: meddele; give videre
Dutch: verstrekken
Estonian: edastama
Finnish: antaa
French: communiquer
German: mitteilen
Greek: μεταδίδω, ανακοινώνω
Hungarian: közöl
Icelandic: veita, gefa
Indonesian: memberikan
Italian: impartire
Japanese: 知らせる
Korean: 주다, 알리다
Latvian: dot; sniegt
Lithuanian: perteikti, perduoti
Norwegian: meddele, bibringe
Polish: udzielić
Portuguese (Brazil): comunicar
Portuguese (Portugal): dar
Romanian: a comunica
Russian: сообщать
Slovak: oznámiť
Slovenian: posredovati
Spanish: comunicar, hacer saber
Swedish: ge, skänka
Turkish: vermek, bildirmek, söylemek
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Impart

Com*mu"ni*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Communicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Communicating.] [L. communicatus, p. p. of communicare to communicate, fr. communis common. See Commune, v. i.]

1. To share in common; to participate in. [Obs.]

To thousands that communicate our loss. --B. Jonson

2. To impart; to bestow; to convey; as, to communicate a disease or a sensation; to communicate motion by means of a crank.

Where God is worshiped, there he communicates his blessings and holy influences. --Jer. Taylor.

3. To make known; to recount; to give; to impart; as, to communicate information to any one.

4. To administer the communion to. [R.]

She [the church] . . . may communicate him. --Jer. Taylor.

Note: This verb was formerly followed by with before the person receiving, but now usually takes to after it.

He communicated those thoughts only with the Lord Digby. --Clarendon.

Syn: To impart; bestow; confer; reveal; disclose; tell; announce; recount; make known.

Usage: To Communicate, Impart, Reveal. Communicate is the more general term, and denotes the allowing of others to partake or enjoy in common with ourselves. Impart is more specific. It is giving to others a part of what we had held as our own, or making them our partners; as, to impart our feelings; to impart of our property, etc. Hence there is something more intimate in imparting intelligence than in communicating it. To reveal is to disclose something hidden or concealed; as, to reveal a secret.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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