impart

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

IMP'ART, verb transitive [Latin impertior; in and partio, to divide; from pars, a part.] 1. To give, grant or communicate; to bestow on another a share or portion of something; as, to impart a portion of provisions to the poor. 2. To grant; to give; to confer; as, to impart honor or favor. 3. To communicate the knowledge of something; to make known; to show by words or tokens. Gentle lady, When first I did impart my love to you--
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