'Repast' definitions:
Definition of 'Repast'
From: GCIDE
- Repast \Re*past"\, v. t. & i. To supply food to; to feast; to take food. [Obs.] "Repast them with my blood." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- He then, also, as before, left arbitrary the dieting and repasting of our minds. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Repast'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- From dance to sweet repast they turn. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment. "Sleep . . . thy best repast." --Denham. [1913 Webster]
- Go and get me some repast. --Shak. [1913 Webster]