impaste en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɪmˈpeɪst/
Etymology
From im- (“in”) + paste. Compare Italian impastare, Old French empaster.
Meanings
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(archaic, transitive) To knead; to make into paste; to concrete.
With blood of fathers, mothers, daughters, sons, Baked and impasted with the parching streets
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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
- To lay colours thickly on canvas by the impasto technique.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| impasted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| impasted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| impastes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| impasting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |