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A priest who becomes a martyr.

Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled. -- High"-heart`ed*ness, n.

Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.

An effusion of watery liquid into the cavity of a joint.

Situated below an artery; applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off below the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.

An order of marsipobranchs including the lampreys. The suckerlike moth contains numerous teeth; the nasal opening is in the middle of the head above, but it does not connect with the mouth. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey.

Not martial; unwarlike. [Obs.]

To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warmth. Well may he then to you his cares impart. Dryden.

Impartation.

The act of imparting, or the thing imparted. The necessity of this impartation. I. Taylor.

One who imparts.

Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just. Shak. Jove is impartial, and to both the same. Dryden. A comprehensive and impartial view. Macaulay.

One who is impartial. [R.] Boyle.

The quality of being impartial; freedom from bias or favoritism; disinterestedness; equitableness; fairness; as, impartiality of judgment, of treatment, etc. Impartiality strips the mind of prejudice and passion. South.

In an impartial manner.

Impartiality. Sir W. Temple.

The quality of being impartible; communicability. Blackstone.

Capable of being imparted or communicated.

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.

Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words. Music which is inarticulate poesy. Dryden.