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repast.

A meal.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɹɪˈpɑːst/Received-Pronunciation/-ˈpæst/Received-Pronunciation/ɹɪˈpæst/General-American, Northern-England/ɹə-/General-American, Northern-England
  1. A meal.

    archaic · countable · literary · uncountable
  2. A period of refreshment or rest.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  3. Food or drink that may be consumed as a meal.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
  4. Something that is intellectually or spiritually nourishing.

    archaic · countable · figuratively · uncountable
  5. The consumption of food; also, refreshment obtained from eating; (generally) refreshment; rest.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word 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”)).

verb/ɹɪˈpɑːst/Received-Pronunciation/-ˈpæst/Received-Pronunciation/ɹɪˈpæst/General-American, Northern-England/ɹə-/General-American, Northern-England
  1. To supply (an animal or person) with food; to feed.

    archaic · transitive
  2. To provide (a person) with intellectual or spiritual nourishment; to enlighten, to feed.

    archaic · figuratively · transitive
  3. To refresh (oneself or someone) through eating and drinking.

    also · obsolete · reflexive · transitive
  4. Usually followed by on or upon: to take food and drink; to feast, to feed.

    also · figuratively · intransitive · obsolete
Where this word 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).

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