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English
Etymology
From im- (“in”) + paste. Compare Italian impastare, Old French empaster.
Pronunciation
Verb
impaste (third-person singular simple present impastes, present participle impasting, simple past and past participle impasted)
- (transitive, archaic) To knead; to make into paste; to concrete.
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 Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :With blood of fathers, mothers, daughters, sons,
Baked and impasted with the parching streets
- (art) To lay colours thickly on canvas by the impasto technique.
References
“impaste”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
impaste
- (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular preterite indicative of impar