repast
A mealA meal.
» This is quite a repast you've set out for us.
Meaning
5 senses(archaic, countable, literary, uncountable)A meal.
Mahl
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A period of refreshment or rest.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Food or drink that may be consumed as a meal.
(archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something that is intellectually or spiritually nourishing.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The consumption of food; also, refreshment obtained from eating; (generally) refreshment; rest.
- the food served and eaten at one time
Examples
2 sentencesThis is quite a repast you've set out for us.
What's a repast?
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English repast, repaste (“feast, meal; food, nourishment; the Eucharist; refreFrom 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”)).
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Forms
plural: repastsSynonyms
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