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self-imparting

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im⋅part

  [im-pahrt]
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–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

Related forms:
im⋅part⋅a⋅ble, adjective
im⋅par⋅ta⋅tion, im⋅part⋅ment, noun
im⋅part⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. reveal, divulge. See communicate. 2. grant, cede, confer.

Antonyms:
1. conceal.
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Word Origin & History

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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