antepast
[ an-ti-past ]
/ ˈæn tɪˌpæst /
noun Archaic.
a foretaste; appetizer.
Nearby words
- antenumber,
- antenuptial,
- antenuptial marriage contract,
- anteorbital,
- antepartum,
- antependium,
- antepenult,
- antepenultimate,
- anteporch,
- anteportico
Origin of antepast
1580–90; ante- + Latin pāstus food (orig. past participle of pāscere to feed), equivalent to pās- feed + -tus past participle suffix
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Examples from the Web for antepast
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 JudsonIt is but a taste, a foretaste, an antepast of the feast of heaven.
Henry Martyn Saint and Scholar|George Smith