impartment
impartment noun: the act of imparting something, or the thing imparted; disclosure.
Noun
impartment (countable and uncountable, plural impartments)
- The act of imparting something, or the thing imparted; disclosure.
- It [the ghost of Hamlet’s father] beckons you to go away with it,
As if it some impartment did desire
To you alone.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac... - It is not therefore the design of this Chapter to uncover the nakedness of our Fathers, so as to expose it to the petulancy of any, but rather to congratulate those further accessions of light and improvements in knowledge, which these latter Ages have attained unto, and to celebrate the wisdom and...1673, Nathaniel Wanley, The Wonders of the Little World, London: T. Basset et al., Book 4, Chapter 22 “Of the Ignorance of the Ancients, and others,” p. 401
- It [the ghost of Hamlet’s father] beckons you to go away with it,
Examples of impartment in a sentence
- […] no slaveholding reader has any right to expect the impartment of such information.1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 21, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC, part...
- A psychiatrist has been held liable for consequent damages following the impartment of his diagnosis or of confidential information gained during treatment to third parties.1973, Donald J. Dawidoff, chapter 3, in The Malpractice of Psychiatrists, Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, pages 33–34:
Forms of impartment
| plural | impartments |
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Origin of impartment
From impart + -ment.
Questions about impartment
- What does impartment mean?
- Impartment means the act of imparting something, or the thing imparted; disclosure.
- How do you use impartment in a sentence?
- […] no slaveholding reader has any right to expect the impartment of such information.
- What part of speech is impartment?
- Impartment is a noun.
- What is the plural of impartment?
- The plural of impartment is impartments.
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