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[n. ri-past, -pahst, ree-past, -pahst; v. ri-past, -pahst]

re·past

[n. ri-past, -pahst, ree-past, -pahst; v. ri-past, -pahst]
noun
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a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating: to eat a light repast.
2.
a meal: the evening repast.
3.
the time during which a meal is eaten; mealtime.
4.
Archaic. the taking of food, as at a meal.
5.
Obsolete. food.
verb (used without object)
6.
to eat or feast (often followed by on or upon).

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Repast on is always a great word to know.
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

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 (compare pasture)
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