repast Meaning, Definition & Usage

Re*past" noun

Etymology

OF. repast, F. repas, LL. repastus, fr. L. repascere to feed again; pref. re- re- + pascere, pastum, to pasture, feed. See Pasture.

Definitions

1. The act of taking food.

   From dance to sweet repast they turn. Milton.

2. That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment. "Sleep . . . thy best repast." Denham.

   Go and get me some repast. Shak.

Re*past" transitive verb & intransitive verb

Definitions

1. To supply food to; to feast; to take food. Obs. "Repast them with my blood." Shak.

   He then, also, as before, left arbitrary the dieting and repasting of our minds. Milton.