[syn: impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Impart \Im*part"\, v. i.
1. To give a part or share.
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He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that
hath none. --Luke iii.
11.
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2. To hold a conference or consultation. --Blackstone.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Impart \Im*part"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imparted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Imparting.] [OF. impartir, empartir, L. impartire,
impertire; pref. im- in + partire to part, divide, fr. pars,
partis, part, share. See Part, n. ]
1. 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.
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Well may he then to you his cares impart. --Dryden.
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2. To obtain a share of; to partake of. [R.] --Munday.
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3. To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by
words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.
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Gentle lady,
When I did first impart my love to you. --Shak.
Syn: To share; yield; confer; convey; grant; give; reveal;
disclose; discover; divulge. See Communicate.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
impart
v 1: transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the
Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a
new skill to the students" [syn: impart, leave, give,
pass on]
2: bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to
the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She
brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a
light note to the program" [syn: lend, impart, bestow,
contribute, add, bring]
3: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound
carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound";
"Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct,
transmit, convey, carry, channel]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
174 Moby Thesaurus words for "impart":
accord, administer, afford, allot, allow, articulate, assign,
award, bare, bestow, bestow on, break, break the seal, breathe,
bring to light, broadcast, carry over, cede, chime, chorus,
come out with, communicate, confer, confide, consign, contribute,
convey, deal, deal out, deliver, deport, develop, diffuse,
disclose, discover, dish out, dismask, dispense, disseminate,
divulge, dole, dole out, donate, draw the veil, emit, enunciate,
expel, export, expose, express, extend, extradite, fling off,
fork out, formulate, get across, get over, gift, gift with, give,
give expression, give freely, give out, give out with, give tongue,
give utterance, give voice, give word, grant, hand forward,
hand on, hand out, hand over, heap, help to, import, intimate,
issue, lavish, lay bare, lay open, leave word, lend,
let daylight in, let have, let out, lip, make known, make over,
manifest, metastasize, metathesize, mete, mete out, offer, open,
open up, out with, pass, pass along, pass on, pass over,
pass the buck, perfuse, phonate, phrase, pour, pour forth, present,
proffer, pronounce, put forth, put in words, rain, raise,
raise the curtain, relate, relay, render, report, reveal, say,
send, send word, serve, set forth, share, share with, shell out,
show, show up, shower, signal, slip, snow, sound, spread,
strip bare, switch, tell, tender, throw off, transfer,
transfer property, transfuse, translate, translocate, transmit,
transplace, transplant, transpose, turn over, uncloak, uncover,
undrape, unfold, unfurl, unkennel, unmask, unpack, unroll,
unscreen, unsheathe, unshroud, unveil, unwrap, utter, verbalize,
vocalize, voice, vouchsafe, whisper, word, yield