REPASTS

Noun

repasts

plural of repast

Verb

repasts

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repast

Anagrams

• Pasters, pasters, patress, sparest

Source: Wiktionary


REPAST

Re*past" (r-pst"), n. Etym: [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.

Re*past", v. t. & i.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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