Meanings
present singular third person imparts · participle present imparting · participle past imparted · past imparted
- transitiveTo give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).
The sun imparts warmth.
3 more examples
to impart food to the poor
He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double purchase and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put to the test the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure."
1952 July 28, W. R. Watson, “Sankey Viaduct and Embankment”, in Railway Magazine, page 487Along the way, they meet Master Wong, who teaches them kung fu and imparts nuggets of Chinese philosophy, knowledge and training that they eventually use to defeat their nemesis and save their village.
2021 March 31, Melissa Chen, “Opinion ‘Kung Fu Cavemen’ isn’t racist — just the victim of moral panic by a self-righteous few”, in New York Post - transitiveTo give a part or to share.
Did not Mazzini impart his spirit to divided Italy, and make her one?
1907, Charles Henry Vine, The Old Faith and the New Theology2 more examples
Expressing well the spirit within thee [Adam] free, / My [God's] image, not imparted to the brute.
1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, line 440Cary Grant imparts his ineffable charm, Kennedy (with metal hand) provides comic brutality, while Hepburn is elegantly fraught.
2002, John Pym, Time Out Film Guide, page 202Synonyms: bequeath, bestow, give, accord, add, assign, award, bestow
- transitiveTo make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).
Well may he then to you his cares impart.
1662, John Dryden, letter to Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon2 more examples
Gentle lady, / When I did first impart my love to you.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLCSynonyms: disclose, tell, announce, forerun, blare, declare, disclose, herald
- intransitiveTo hold a conference or consultation.
- transitiveTo obtain a share of; to partake of.
Sweet Cossen, what we may not now impart, heere let vs bury it, closely in our hart
c. 1587, Anthony Munday, John a Kent and John a Cumber
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo give a part or to share.
verbTo make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).
More synonyms by meaning
verbtransmit or serve as the medium for transmission
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpartiō“divide”
- Late Latinimpartiō
- Middle Frenchimpartir
- Middle Englishimparten
- Englishimpart
From Middle English imparten, borrowed from Middle French impartir, empartir, from Late Latin impartiō, impertiō, from im- (“in”) + Latin partiō (“divide”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian придавам, съобщавам
- придавам (pridavam)to give a part or share
- съобщавам (săobštavam)communicate the knowledge of
Catalan impartir
- impartirto give a part or share
Dutch delen, verdelen
- delento give a part or share
- verdelento give a part or share
- mededelencommunicate the knowledge of
- communicerencommunicate the knowledge of
- beraadslagento hold a conference or consultation
- vergaderento hold a conference or consultation
Esperanto sciigi
- sciigicommunicate the knowledge of
French donner, communiquer
- donnercommunicate the knowledge of
- communiquercommunicate the knowledge of
- transmettrecommunicate the knowledge of
German weitergeben, gewähren
- weitergebento give a part or share
- gewährento give a part or share
- mitteilencommunicate the knowledge of
- vermittelncommunicate the knowledge of
- weitergebencommunicate the knowledge of
Greek δίνω, μεταδίδω
- δίνω (díno)to give a part or share
- μεταδίδω (metadído)communicate the knowledge of
Italian impartire
- impartireto give a part or share
Korean 전하다
- 전하다 (jeonhada)to give a part or share
Māori whakamōhio, whakaatu
- whakamōhiocommunicate the knowledge of
- whakaatucommunicate the knowledge of
- whakaakocommunicate the knowledge of
- matapakito hold a conference or consultation
- kōreroreroto hold a conference or consultation
Polish przydzielać, przydzielić
- przydzielaćto give a part or share
- przydzielićto give a part or share
- dzielić sięcommunicate the knowledge of
- podzielić sięcommunicate the knowledge of
- udzielaćcommunicate the knowledge of
- udzielićcommunicate the knowledge of
- przekazywaćcommunicate the knowledge of
- przekazaćcommunicate the knowledge of
- organizować konferencjęto hold a conference or consultation
- zorganizować konferencjęto hold a conference or consultation
Portuguese comunicar, passar
- comunicarcommunicate the knowledge of
- passarcommunicate the knowledge of
Romanian împărți
- împărțito give a part or share
Russian дава́ть, придава́ть
- дава́ть (davátʹ)to give a part or share
- придава́ть (pridavátʹ)to give a part or share
- сообща́ть (soobščátʹ)communicate the knowledge of
Spanish impartir, impartir
- impartirto give a part or share
- impartircommunicate the knowledge of
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
impart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impart
“impart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impart. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impart,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impart.
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