About The Word Repast
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Repast
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What's The Definition Of Repast?
[n] the food served and eaten at one time
Synonyms | Synonyms for Repast: meal Related Terms | Find terms related to Repast: See Also | afternoon tea | aliment | alimentation | banquet | bite | breakfast | brunch | buffet | collation | course | dejeuner | dinner | dish | feast | helping | lunch | luncheon | mess | nosh | nosh-up | nourishment | nutriment | nutrition | picnic | ploughman's lunch | portion | potluck | refection | sandwich | serving | side dish | snack | square meal | supper | sustenance | tea | teatime | tiffin | victuals Repast In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. |
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