Hypertext Webster Gateway: "repast"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Repast \Re*past"\ (r?-p?st"), n. [OF. repast, F. repas, LL.
repastus, fr. L. repascere to feed again; pref. re- re- +
pascere, pastum, to pasture, feed. See {Pasture}.]
1. The act of taking food.
From dance to sweet repast they turn. --Milton.
2. That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any
refreshment. ``Sleep . . . thy best repast.'' --Denham.
Go and get me some repast. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Repast \Re*past"\, v. t. & i.
To supply food to; to feast; to take food. [Obs.] ``Repast
them with my blood.'' --Shak.
He then, also, as before, left arbitrary the dieting
and repasting of our minds. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
repast
n : the food served and eaten at one time [syn: {meal}]
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