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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Repast \Re*past"\ (r?-p?st"), noun [OF. repast, F. repas, LL. repastus, fr. L. repascere to feed again; pref. re- re- + pascere, pastum, to pasture, feed. See {Pasture}.]
1. The act of taking food.
From dance to sweet repast they turn. --Milton.
2. That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment. ''Sleep . . . thy best repast.'' --Denham.
Go and get me some repast. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Repast \Re*past"\, verb (used with an object) & i. To supply food to; to feast; to take food. [Obs.] ''Repast them with my blood.'' --Shak.
He then, also, as before, left arbitrary the dieting and repasting of our minds. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
repast
noun: the food served and eaten at one time [syn: {meal}]
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