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Webster 1913 Edition

Impaste

Im-paste′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Impasted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Impasting
.]
[Pref.
im-
in +
paste
: cf. It.
impastare
, OF.
empaster
, F.
empâter
. See 1st
In-
and
Paste
.]
1.
To knead; to make into paste; to concrete.
“Blood . . . baked and impasted.”
Shak.
2.
(Paint.)
To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together. Cf.
Impasto
.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Impaste

IMPA'STE

, v.t.
1.
To knead; to make into paste.
2.
In painting, to lay on colors thick and bold.

Definition 2024

impaste

impaste

English

Verb

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

  1. To knead; to make into paste; to concrete.
    Blood […] baked and impasted. — Shakespeare.
  2. (art) To lay colour on canvas by uniting them skillfully together. See impasto.

Etymology

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

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