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antepast en · NOUN

Etymology

From ante- + Latin pastus (“pasture, food”). Compare repast and Italian antipasto.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A foretaste.
   • antepasts of endless blessedness 1850, Timothy Alden Taylor, Zion's Pathway:
   • 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery antepasts of joy and comforts
   • this antepast of heaven 1782, John Wesley, Hymn to the Holy Ghost:

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