Category: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.

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

Defn: 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.