Impaste

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impaste \Im*paste"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impasted}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Impasting}.] [Pref. im- in + paste: cf. It.
     impastare, OF. empaster, F. emp[^a]ter. See 1st {In-} and
     {Paste}.]
     1. To knead; to make into paste; to concrete. "Blood . . .
        baked and impasted." --Shak.


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     2. (Paint.) To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully
        together. Cf. {Impasto}. [R.]
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