To impart means to give or pass something on to someone else, especially knowledge, wisdom, or a quality. When a teacher imparts information about the solar system, she's sharing what she knows so her students can learn it too. When a grandfather imparts life lessons to his grandson, he's passing down wisdom gained from years of experience.

You can impart more than knowledge. A lemon imparts its tangy flavor to a pitcher of lemonade. A coach might impart confidence to nervous players before a big game. Great books impart new ways of seeing the world to their readers.

The word suggests something valuable being transferred from one person or thing to another. It carries weight and intention that casual telling doesn't have. When you impart information, there's a sense that what you're sharing matters and that you want it to stick. A cooking teacher doesn't just mention how to knead dough; she imparts the technique so students can master it themselves.