impart

verb

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

   “The sun imparts warmth.”

   “to impart food to the poor”

   “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."”

   “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.”

2. (transitive)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?”

   “Cary Grant imparts his ineffable charm, Kennedy (with metal hand) provides comic brutality, while Hepburn is elegantly fraught.”

3. (transitive)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.”

   “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.”

4. (intransitive)To hold a conference or consultation.
5. (transitive)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”