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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Impasted

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Impasting

[Pref.

im-

in +

paste

: cf. It.

impastare

, OF.

empaster

, F.

empâter

. See 1st

and

To knead; to make into paste; to concrete.

“Blood . . . baked and impasted.”

Shak.

(Paint.)

To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together. Cf.

[R.]

, v.t.

To knead; to make into paste.

In painting, to lay on colors thick and bold.