repast

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English (noun) < Old French, derivative (compare past < Latin pāstus fodder) of repaistre to eat a meal < Late Latin repāscere to feed regularly, equivalent to Latin re- re- + pāscere to feed (cf. pasture)

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repast (rɪˈpɑːst)

—n
1.	a meal or the food provided at a meal: a light repast
2.	archaic
	a. food in general; nourishment
	b. the act of taking food or refreshment

—vb
3.	archaic (intr) to feed (on)

[C14: from Old French, from repaistre to feed, from Late Latin repāscere to nourish again, from Latin re- + pāscere to feed, pasture (of animals)]

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repast

c.1300, from O.Fr. repast "a meal," from L.L. repastus "meal," prop. pp. of repascere "to feed again," from L. re- "repeatedly" + pascere "to graze" (see pastor).

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Example sentences

The menu is balanced to allow you to partake of a three-course meal or a

late-night light repast.

Locals flock to them, often making a hearty late-morning repast their only meal

of the day, prior to dinner.

The standard repast is a little bowl of caviar with toast points, a bit of

chopped egg, the usual.

Drinking a tradition is what it is and it does indeed provide the perfect cap

to any satisfying repast.

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"[T]ea, that uniquely English meal, that unnecessary collation at which no stimulants—neither alcohol nor meat—are served, that comforting repast of which to partake is as good as second childhood."

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