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repast
[ noun ri-past, -pahst, ree-past, -pahst; verb ri-past, -pahst ]
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
/ ɪˈɑː /
noun
- a meal or the food provided at a meal
a light repast
- archaic.
- food in general; nourishment
- the act of taking food or refreshment
verb
- archaic.intr to feed (on)
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ 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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