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impaste

/ɪmˈpeɪst/

impaste verb: to knead; to make into paste; to concrete.

Verb

impaste (third-person singular simple present impastes, present participle impasting, simple past and past participle impasted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To knead; to make into paste; to concrete.
    • With blood of fathers, mothers, daughters, sons,
      Baked and impasted with the parching streetsc. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. To lay colours thickly on canvas by the impasto technique.

Forms of impaste

third-person singular presentimpastes
present participleimpasting
past participleimpasted
pastimpasted

Origin of impaste

From im- (“in”) + paste. Compare Italian impastare, Old French empaster.

Words that rhyme with impaste

23 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about impaste

What does impaste mean?
Impaste means to knead; to make into paste; to concrete.
What part of speech is impaste?
Impaste is a verb.
How do you pronounce impaste?
Impaste is pronounced /ɪmˈpeɪst/.
What is the past tense of impaste?
The past tense of impaste is impasted.

Words near impaste in the dictionary

  1. impassivity
  2. impasta
  3. impastation
  4. impastations
  5. Impastato
  6. impaste
  7. impasted
  8. impastes
  9. impasting
  10. impasto
  11. impastoed

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