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repast

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɑːst/

The English word “repast” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A meal.
  2. A period of refreshment or rest.
  3. Food or drink that may be consumed as a meal.
  4. Something that is intellectually or spiritually nourishing.
  5. The consumption of food; also, refreshment obtained from eating; (generally) refreshment; rest.

verb

  1. To supply (an animal or person) with food; to feed.
  2. To provide (a person) with intellectual or spiritual nourishment; to enlighten, to feed.
  3. To refresh (oneself or someone) through eating and drinking.
  4. Usually followed by on or upon: to take food and drink; to feast, to feed.

Etymology

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;…

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