Defn: The act of imparting, or that which is imparted, communicated,
or disclosed. [R.]
It beckons you to go away with it, As if it some impartment did
desire To you alone. Shak.
IMPASSABLE
Im*pass"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. Unpassable.]
Defn: Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an
impassable road, mountain, or gulf. Milton.
— Im*pass"a*ble*ness, n.
— Im*pass"a*bly, adv.
IMPASSE
Im`passe" (aN`päs"; E. im*pas"), n. [F.]
Defn: An impassable road or way; a blind alley; cul-de-sac; fig., a position or predicament affording no escape.
The issue from the present impasse will, in all probability, proceed from below, not from above. Arnold White.
IMPASSIBILITY Im*pas`si*bil"i*ty, a. Etym: [L. impassibilitas: cf. F. impassibilité.]
Defn: The quality or condition of being impassible; insusceptibility of injury from external things.
IMPASSIBLE Im*pas"si*ble, a. Etym: [L. impassibilis; pref. im- not + passibilis passable: cf. F. impassible. See Passible.]
Defn: Incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain; not to be touched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing feeling; without sensation. "Impassible to the critic." Sir W. Scott. Secure of death, I should contemn thy dart Though naked, and impassible depart. Dryden.