Impart, 1) to afford, to offer: “this no slaughter-house no tool --eth,” Lucr. 1039. “more praise than niggard truth would willingly i.” Sonn. 72, 8. With to: “some special honours it pleaseth his greatness to i. to Armado,” LLL V, 1, 113. With toward: “with no less nobility of love than that which dearest father bears his son do I i. toward you,” Hml. I, 2, 112 (i. e. with no less nobility of love than this: I bestow upon you the love of the fondest father. Toward is partly governed by love).
2) to communicate, to make known, to tell; absol: “i.” Hml. III, 2, 342 (only in Qq). With an acc.: “our natural goodness --s this,” Wint. II, 1, 165. R3 III, 1, 159. IV, 4, 130. With an acc. and to: “when I did first i. my love to you,” Merch. III, 2, 256. Shr. III, 2, 132. H6B III, 2, 299. Caes. I, 2, 84. Hml. I, 1, 169. I, 2, 207. V, 2, 92.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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