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antepast
[ an-ti-past ]
/ ˈæn tɪˌpæst /
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noun Archaic.
a foretaste; appetizer.
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Origin of antepast
1580–90; ante- + Latin pāstus food (originally past participle of pāscere to feed), equivalent to pās- feed + -tus past participle suffix
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How to use antepast in a sentence
The mildness of the sentence was an antepast of a more enlarged liberty under the new form of government.
Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution|L. Carroll JudsonThe inaugural dissertation was, however, but a brief antepast of something more exhaustive to follow.
Western Worthies|J. Stephen JeansIt is but a taste, a foretaste, an antepast of the feast of heaven.
Henry Martyn Saint and Scholar|George Smith