repast
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repast¹
- /ɹɪˈpɑːst/ UK
- /-ˈpæst/ UK
- /ɹɪˈpæst/ US, Northern England
- /ɹə-/ US, Northern England
Rhymes with -ɑːst, -æst
Where it comes from
From Middle English repast, repaste (“feast, meal; food, nourishment; the Eucharist; refreshment, rest”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman, Middle French, Old French repast, Middle French, Old French repas (“meal, repast; spiritual nourishment”) (modern French repas), probably from Medieval Latin, Late Latin repastus (“meal”), from repāstus, the perfect passive participle of repāscō (“to feed; to feed one after another”), from Latin re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + pāscō (“to feed, nourish; to pasture (an animal); of an animal: to browse, graze; to maintain, support”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect; to shepherd”)).
noun repasts
- A meal. After evening repaſt, till bed time their thoughts will be beſt taken up in the eaſie grounds of Religion, and the ſtory of Scripture.
- A period of refreshment or rest. [T]he nobleſt Raptures have been conceiv'd in the Walks and ſhades of Trees, […] the Profound Philoſophers lov'd here to paſſe their lives in repoſe and Contemplation, and the frugal Repaſts—molleſque ſub arbore ſomni [a soft sleep under the tree] were the natural and chaſt delights of our Fore-Fath
- Food or drink that may be consumed as a meal. I prethee go, and get me ſome repaſt, / I care not what, ſo it be holſome foode.
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Something that is intellectually or spiritually nourishing.
For nought he car'd his carcas long vnfed; / His mind was full of ſpirituall repaſt, / And pyn'd his fleſh, to keepe his body low and chaſt.
Similar: refection
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The consumption of food; also, refreshment obtained from eating; (generally) refreshment; rest.
Forthwith he runnes with feigned faithfull haſt / Vnto his gueſt, who after troublous ſights / And dreames gan now to take more ſound repaſt, […]
Similar: refection
repast²
- /ɹɪˈpɑːst/ UK
- /-ˈpæst/ UK
- /ɹɪˈpæst/ US, Northern England
- /ɹə-/ US, Northern England
Rhymes with -ɑːst, -æst
Where it comes from
Partly:
* from Middle English repasten (“(reflexive) to refresh (oneself) with food”) [and other forms], either from repast, repaste (“feast, meal; food, nourishment; the Eucharist; refreshment, rest”) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive forms of verbs); or from Late Latin repāstus, the perfect passive participle of repāscō (“to feed; to feed one after another”) (see further at etymology 1); and
* from repast (noun).
verb repasts · repasting · repasted
- To supply (an animal or person) with food; to feed. To his good friends thus wide I'le ope my armes, / And like the kind life-rendring Pelican, / Repaſt them with my blood.
- To provide (a person) with intellectual or spiritual nourishment; to enlighten, to feed.
- To refresh (oneself or someone) through eating and drinking. [A]nd ſoo within a lytil whyle they came to that heremytage ⸝ and there they dranke the wyne ⸝ and ete the veneſon and the foules baken ⸝ And ſo whan they had repaſted hem wel ⸝ the dwarf retorned ageyn with his veſſel vn to the caſtel ageyne ⸝ […]
- Usually followed by on or upon: to take food and drink; to feast, to feed. And now they reach'd the naval Walls, and found / The Guards repaſting, while the Bowls go round; […]
Translations
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title = {repast},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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