IMPASTE

Etymology

Verb

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

(transitive, archaic) To knead; to make into paste; to concrete.

(art) To lay colours thickly on canvas by the impasto technique.

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Source: Wiktionary


Im*paste", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Impasting.] Etym: [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.)

Definition: To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together. [R.] Cf. Impasto.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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