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Repast (noun, verb)
repast [ noun ri-past, -pahst, ree-past, -pahst; verb ri-past, -pahst ]


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

verb (used without object)
6. to eat or feast (often followed by on or upon).

WORDS RELATED TO REPAST
banquet, chow, eats, fare, feast, feed, food, grub, meal, mess, refection, refreshment, snack, spread, victuals

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Origin: 1300–50; Middle English (noun) < Old French, derivative (compare past < Latin pāstus fodder) of repaistre to eat a meal < Late Latin repāscere to feed regularly, equivalent to Latin re-re- + pāscere to feed (cf. pasture)

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