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/ɪmpˈɑrtɪŋ/ Listen

verb

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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Etymology of 'Imparting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Imparting" Quotes from Famous Books

... vegetables have been cooked. Of course, plain water can be used for the liquid, but the water in which such vegetables as cauliflower, carrots, beans, peas, asparagus, celery, and potatoes have been cooked is especially desirable, for, besides imparting flavor to the soup, it adds valuable mineral salts. However, when such things as left-over cereals, rice, macaroni, and green vegetables are to be utilized in soup, they should not be put in the stock pot; rather, they should be added to ...

— Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 - Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish • Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

... is to keep up a moderate fire in the furnace, such as will cause the vapour to rise without imparting a burnt ...

— Flowers and Flower-Gardens • David Lester Richardson

... at Berlin last winter to discuss methods whereby the Kongo basin might be kept open to the world's trade. Delegates attended on behalf of the United States on the understanding that their part should be merely deliberative, without imparting to the results any binding character so far as the United States were concerned. This reserve was due to the indisposition of this Government to share in any disposal by an international congress of jurisdictional questions in remote foreign territories. ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 3 (of 3) of Volume 8: Grover Cleveland, First Term. • Grover Cleveland

... words of Reynolds), "subsists only in the mind: The sight never beheld it, nor has the hand expressed it; it is an idea residing in the breast of the artist, which he is always labouring to impart, and which he dies at last without imparting." ...

— The Golden Treasury - Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language • Various

... to himself, as he walked away, "the wisdom of fools is no deeper nor truer than ours, but they really do seem to have a more impressive way of imparting it." ...

— Fantastic Fables • Ambrose Bierce

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