noun · countable / uncountable · rare

repast

re·past

repast · repasts

A mealA meal.

UK/ɹɪˈpɑːst/US/ɹɪˈpæst/

» This is quite a repast you've set out for us.

Meaning

5 senses

(archaic, countable, literary, uncountable)A meal.
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(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.

More definitions

the food served and eaten at one time

Examples

2 sentences

This is quite a repast you've set out for us.
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Translations

2 languages

Deutsch

(archaic or literary) meal — see also meal:

Origin

From Middle English repast, repaste (“feast, meal; food, nourishment; the Eucharist; refre

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”)).

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