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repast Definition

re·past (ri past, -päst)

noun

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

repast Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • holiday: The easy going ambiance and delicious repasts of a ski chalet holiday is the trendy option currently with lots of skiers.

Converse of object

  • prepare: Colloran had been up early and was smiling as he prepared a cold repast for the others.
  • find: In fact, even now we find common repasts and common property, as we have seen, in Switzerland.
  • provide: Our cook Mrs Bernadette O'Gara provided a splendid repast and the guest of honor was Miss Melanie McDonagh.
  • make: Ever since his death his many friends have been trying to learn the culinary secrets which made a repast of his devising so delicious.

Adjective modifier

  • hideous: The girl has swooned, and the vampyre is at his hideous repast!
  • common: The first portion will then be subdivided to meet the expenses of religion and of the common repasts.
  • excellent: October 22 nd 1919 Foxearth ex-service men were entertained to an excellent repast in the schoolroom, a company of 60 sat down.
  • public: Sparta had a communal domain of great extent, the produce of which served in some measure to maintain the public repasts.
  • substantial: They would have to prepare a more substantial repast for the hardier and more exercised intellects of those who listened to them.
  • sumptuous: You can unwind in our comfortable lounge bar with a pre-dinner drink or relax in our delightful drawing room after a sumptuous repast.

Noun used with modifier

  • evening: After evening repast till bed-time their thoughts would be best taken up in the easy grounds of religion and the story of Scripture.

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