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IMPART

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

Example:

Many metals conduct heat

Synonyms:

carry; channel; conduct; convey; impart; transmit

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "impart" is one way to...):

bring; convey; take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)

Verb group:

carry; convey; express (serve as a means for expressing something)

carry (be conveyed over a certain distance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "impart"):

wash up (carry somewhere (of water or current or waves))

pipe in (bring in through pipes)

bring in (transmit)

retransmit (transmit again)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Transmit (knowledge or skills)

Example:

impart a new skill to the students

Synonyms:

give; impart; leave; pass on

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "impart" is one way to...):

tell (let something be known)

Verb group:

bequeath; leave; will (leave or give by will after one's death)

give (convey or reveal information)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "impart"):

convey ((of information) make known; pass on)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

impartation; imparting (the transmission of information)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Bestow a quality on

Example:

This adds a light note to the program

Synonyms:

add; bestow; bring; contribute; impart; lend

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "impart" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "impart"):

factor (be a contributing factor)

instill; transfuse (impart gradually)

tinsel (impart a cheap brightness to)

throw in (add as an extra or as a gratuity)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Credits

 Context examples: 

Beth had a rapture with her mother, and then rushed up to impart the glorious news to her family of invalids, as the girls were not home.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

She could not endure to give him the true explanation; for though her suspicions were by no means removed, she was really ashamed of having ever imparted them.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

An immunohistochemical technique to detect elastin, a polymeric protein found in the connective tissue that imparts the property of elasticity to vertebrate elastic tissue.

(Elastin Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)

The same may be said, my dear fellow, for the effect of some of these little sketches of yours, which is entirely meretricious, depending as it does upon your retaining in your own hands some factors in the problem which are never imparted to the reader.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In spite of his intended silence, Sir Thomas found himself once more obliged to mention the subject to his niece, to prepare her briefly for its being imparted to her aunts; a measure which he would still have avoided, if possible, but which became necessary from the totally opposite feelings of Mr. Crawford as to any secrecy of proceeding.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

And so much was said in this way, that Anne thought she could not do better than impart among them the general inclination to which she was privy, and persuaded them all to go to Lyme at once.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

When at last his ruffled feelings were at ease, he addressed us at some length from his seat upon a fallen tree, speaking, as his habit was, as if he were imparting most precious information to a class of a thousand.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They were creatures of mastery, possessing all manner of unknown and impossible potencies, overlords of the alive and the not alive—making obey that which moved, imparting movement to that which did not move, and making life, sun-coloured and biting life, to grow out of dead moss and wood.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

His long white beard and searching eyes imparted to him an air of masterful dignity, which was increased by his tabardlike vesture and the heraldic barret cap with triple plume which bespoke his office.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Gosvami tells that much more work needs to be done to prove that the new method is superior to widely accepted methods of imparting corrosion resistance to steel such as galvanising with zinc or coating with conventionally used epoxy-based paints.

(Mango leaf extract can stop ships from rusting, SciDev.Net)