antepast

American  

[an-ti-past] / ˈæn tɪˌpæst /

noun

Archaic.

1. a foretaste; appetizer.

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Etymology

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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Example Sentences

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antepast

Expectation may be either of good or evil; presentiment almost always, apprehension and foreboding always, of evil; anticipation and antepast, commonly of good.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald

Is not the knowledge now possessed by the Saints, glorious though it be, but a foretaste, the antepast of a greater feast of knowledge yet to follow?

From Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission by Orson F. Whitney

Then came a sumptuous antepast; for we were all seated, but only Trimalchio, for whom, after a new fashion, the chief place was reserv'd.

From The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter by William Burnaby

But—won't it taste the sweeter if your antepast is the delight of forgiveness?

From At Last by Marion Harland

Here he walks and enjoys an antepast of heaven.

From Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal Salvation by John Bovee Dods

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