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repast definition

re·past (ri past′, -päst′)

noun

    1. food and drink for a meal
    2. a meal
  2. Archaic
    1. the eating of food, as at a meal
    2. mealtime
  3. Obsolete food

Etymology: ME < OFr < re-, re- + past, food < L pastus < pp. of pascere, to feed: see food

intransitive verb

Now Rare to eat or feast

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