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impart

verb
/ɪmˈpɑːt/UK/ɪmˈpɑɹt/CA/ɪmˈpaːt/

Etymology

From Middle English imparten, borrowed from Middle French impartir, empartir, from Late Latin impartiō, impertiō, from im- (“in”) + Latin partiō (“divide”).

  1. derived from partiō
  2. derived from impartiō
  3. derived from impartir
  4. inherited from imparten

Definitions

  1. To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).

    • The sun imparts warmth.
    • to impart food to the poor

  2. To give a part or to share.

    • Expressing well the spirit within thee [Adam] free, / My [God's] image, not imparted to the brute.
    • Did not Mazzini impart his spirit to divided Italy, and make her one?
    • Cary Grant imparts his ineffable charm, Kennedy (with metal hand) provides comic brutality, while Hepburn is elegantly fraught.

  3. To make known

    To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).

    • Well may he then to you his cares impart.
    • Gentle lady, / When I did first impart my love to you.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To hold a conference or consultation.

    2. To obtain a share of

      To obtain a share of; to partake of.

      • Sweet Cossen, what we may not now impart, heere let vs bury it, closely in our hart

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at impart. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at impart. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at impart

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA