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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Repast  \Re*past"\  (r?-p?st"),  n.  [OF.  repast,  F.  repas,  LL 
  repastus  fr  L.  repascere  to  feed  again  pref.  re-  re-  + 
  pascere  pastum  to  pasture,  feed.  See  {Pasture}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Repast  \Re*past"\,  v.  t.  &  i. 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  repast 
  n  :  the  food  served  and  eaten  at  one  time  [syn:  {meal}] 




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