impart

verb

Etymology: From Middle English imparten, borrowed from Middle French impartir, empartir, from Late Latin impartiō, impertiō, from im- (“in”) + Latin partiō (“divide”).

1. To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).

   “The sun imparts warmth.”

   “to impart food to the poor”

2. To give a part or to share.

   “Expressing well the spirit within thee [Adam] free, / My [God's] image, not imparted to the brute.”

   “Did not Mazzini impart his spirit to divided Italy, and make her one?”

3. To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).

   “Well may he then to you his cares impart.”

   “Gentle lady, / When I did first impart my love to you.”

4. To hold a conference or consultation.
5. To obtain a share of; to partake of.

   “Sweet Cossen, what we may not now impart, heere let vs bury it, closely in our hart”