Impart Meaning
/ɪmˈpɑːt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).
verbTo give a part or to share.
Sentence Examples
Will you impart the secret to me?
Tom is eager to impart his knowledge.
He wants to impart his wisdom to you.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The wise teacher wanted to ____ inspiring wisdom to her young students.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The wise old teacher sought to ____ his vast knowledge and life experience to his young students.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English imparten, borrowed from Middle French impartir, empartir, from Late Latin impartiō, impertiō, from im- (“in”) + Latin partiō (“divide”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 26, W. R. Watson, “Sankey Viaduct and Embankment”, in Railway Magazine, page 487:
"Along 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:
"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 440:
"Did not Mazzini impart his spirit to divided Italy, and make her one?"
— 1907, Charles Henry Vine, The Old Faith and the New Theology:
"Cary 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 202:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The wise teacher wanted to ____ inspiring wisdom to her young students.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The wise old teacher sought to ____ his vast knowledge and life experience to his young students.