Repast

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /rɪˈpaːst/
• US IPA: /rɪˈpæːst/

Origin

Old French repast, from the verb repaistre, from Latin repascere.

Full definition of repast

Noun

1. (countable) A meal.
• MiltonFrom dance to sweet repast they turn.
• 1908, Kenneth Grahame, When at last they were thoroughly toasted, the Badger summoned them to the table, where he had been busy laying a repast.
• 2010, Pseudonymous Bosch, "'Tis true, tonight I ate my last of the royal repast."
2. (uncountable) The food eaten at a meal.
• ShakespeareGo and get me some repast.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To supply food to; to feast.
• ShakespeareRepast them with my blood.
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To take food.
• MiltonHe then, also, as before, left arbitrary the dieting and repasting of our minds.

Anagrams

• paster, paters, prates, tapers, trapes