# impart
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪmˈpɑːt/
* (General American, Canada) IPA: /ɪmˈpɑɹt/
** Audio (California):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /ɪmˈpaːt/
** Audio (Queensland):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

### Verb

impart (third-person singular simple present imparts, present participle imparting, simple past and past participle imparted)
* (transitive) To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).
    The sun imparts warmth.
    to impart food to the poor
** 1952 July, W. R. Watson, “Sankey Viaduct and Embankment”, in Railway Magazine, page 487: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."
* (transitive) To give a part or to share.
    Synonyms: bequeath, bestow, give; see also Thesaurus:give
** 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:Expressing well the spirit within thee [Adam] free, / My [God's] image, not imparted to the brute.
** 1907, Charles Henry Vine, The Old Faith and the New Theology‎:Did not Mazzini impart his spirit to divided Italy, and make her one?
** 2002, John Pym, Time Out Film Guide‎, page 202:Cary Grant imparts his ineffable charm, Kennedy (with metal hand) provides comic brutality, while Hepburn is elegantly fraught.
* (transitive) To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).
    Synonyms: disclose, tell; see also Thesaurus:announce, Thesaurus:inform
** 1662, John Dryden, letter to Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon:Well may he then to you his cares impart.
** c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:Gentle lady, / When I did first impart my love to you.
** 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
* (intransitive) To hold a conference or consultation.
* (transitive) To obtain a share of; to partake of.
** c. 1587, Anthony Munday, John a Kent and John a Cumber:Sweet Cossen, what we may not now impart, heere let vs bury it, closely in our hart

#### Translations
### References

* “impart”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “impart”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Primat, arm pit, armpit

## Chinese
### Etymology

Hobson-Jobson of 淫 (yín, “lewd”) +‎ 趴 (pā, “party”) into English impart.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yínpā
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄆㄚ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yínpā
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄆㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yínpa
*** Wade–Giles: yin$^2$-pʻa$^1$
*** Yale: yín-pā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynpa
*** Palladius: иньпа (inʹpa)
*** Sinological IPA : /in³⁵ pʰä⁵⁵/

### Noun

impart
* (Mainland China Mandarin, neologism, text messaging, Internet slang) sex party
    開impart／开impart ― kāi impart ― to have a sex party
    開impart不帶我是吧？／开impart不带我是吧？ ― Kāi impart bù dài wǒ shì ba? ― You're going to have sex parties without me, huh?