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antepast|ˈæntɪpɑːst, -æ-|
Also 6–7 anti-.
[f. ante- + pāst-us food, f. pāsc-ĕre to feed; cf. repast.]
Something taken before a meal to whet the appetite (obs.); a foretaste.
1590Eng. Rom. Life in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 182 The first messe, or antepast as they call it..is some fine meate to urge them to have an appetite. 1621Donne Serm. lxx. 713 An office is but an Antipast—it gets them an appetite to another office. 1778H. Walpole Last Jrnls. Dec., A very unexpected blow..an antepast of the odium they were to incur. 1855A. de Vere Poems 208 Rich antepasts we have in thee Of glory and eternity. |