antepast

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noun

A foretaste.

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Meanings

nounantepast (plural antepasts)

plural antepasts

  1. obsoleteA foretaste.

    1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery antepasts of joy and comforts

    2 more examples

    this antepast of heaven

    1782, John Wesley, Hymn to the Holy Ghost

    antepasts of endless blessedness

    1850, Timothy Alden Taylor, Zion's Pathway

Origin

From ante- + Latin pastus (“pasture, food”). Compare repast and Italian antipasto.

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APA

antepast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antepast

MLA

“antepast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antepast. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antepast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antepast.

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