different between afford vs impart

English

Alternative forms

• afoord, affoord, affoard, affowrd (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English afforthen, aforthen, avorthien, from earlier iforthen, iforthien, ?eforthien, from Old English forþian, ?eforþian (“to further, accomplish, afford”), from Proto-Germanic *furþ?n?, from Proto-Germanic *furþ? (“forth, forward”), equivalent to a- +? forth. Cognate with Old Norse forða (“to forward oneself, save oneself, escape danger”), Icelandic forða (“to save, rescue”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: ?-f?rd?, IPA^(key): /??fo?d/, /??f??d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??f??d/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /??fo(?)?d/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /??fo?d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Verb

afford (third-person singular simple present affords, present participle affording, simple past and past participle afforded)

1. To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious;—with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough.

   • “[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic? […]”
2. To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury.

3. To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.

4. To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.

Usage notes

• Sense 1. This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

• affordable
• affordance
• offer affordances

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English imparten, borrowed from Middle French impartir, empartir, from Late Latin imparti?, imperti?, from im- (“in”) + Latin parti? (“divide”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?p??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?p???t/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t

Verb

impart (third-person singular simple present imparts, present participle imparting, simple past and past participle imparted)

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

2. (transitive) To give a part or to share.

   Synonyms: bequeath, bestow, give; see also Thesaurus:give

   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VIII, line 440

     Expressing well the spirit within thee [Adam] free, / My [God's] image, not imparted to the brute.
3. (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.
4. (intransitive) To hold a conference or consultation.
5. (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 at OneLook Dictionary Search
• impart in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Primat, arm pit, armpit