REPAST Definition & Meaning

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repast

[ noun ri-past, -pahst, ree-past, -pahst; verb ri-past, -pahst ]

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noun

a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
to eat a light repast.
a meal:
the evening repast.
the time during which a meal is eaten; mealtime.
Archaic. the taking of food, as at a meal.
Obsolete. food.

verb (used without object)

to eat or feast (often followed by on or upon ).

repast

/ ��ɪˈ��ɑː�� /

noun

a meal or the food provided at a meal
a light repast
archaic.
1. food in general; nourishment
2. the act of taking food or refreshment

verb

archaic.
intr to feed (on)

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of repast¹

1300–50; Middle English (noun) < Old French, derivative (compare past < Latin ��ٳܲ� fodder) of repaistre to eat a meal < Late Latin �� to feed regularly, equivalent to Latin re- re- + �� to feed ( pasture )

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of repast¹

C14: from Old French, from repaistre to feed, from Late Latin �� to nourish again, from Latin re- + �� to feed, pasture (of animals)

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The work accelerated during Ramadan, the holy month when Muslims traditionally conduct a dawn-to-dusk fast broken by what in normal times would be a sumptuous repast.

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Not long afterward, another male red fox entered the scene of the crime; the purloined repast had been his.

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Only then is a repast of red meat served.

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Brunch was known as "the latest 'fad'" and "a repast at 11 o'clock a.m."

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Maybe too decadent for an office worker’s midday repast, but I’ll happily risk an afternoon knockout punch for this sandwich.

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