repast

¹re·past

noun \ri-ˈpast, ˈrē-ˌ\

Definition of REPAST

1

: something taken as food : meal

2

: the act or time of taking food

Examples of REPAST

1. She offered us a light repast before we set out on our trip.
2. <monks taking their evening repast in silence>

Origin of REPAST

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from (soi) repaistre to feed upon, from re- + pestre, paistre to feed, from Latin pascere — more at food

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to REPAST

Synonyms

chow, feed, menu, mess, refection, meal, table

Related Words

board; breakfast, buffet, collation, dinner, lunch, luncheon, refreshments, smorgasbord, snack, supper, tea; bite, gulp, morsel, serving, taste; banquet, feast, regale, spread; bake, barbecue (also barbeque), clambake, cookout, fry, fry-up [British], luau, picnic, potluck, roast

Other Food Terms

Reuben, calamari, chuck, curry, edamame, foie gras, hummus, leaven, nonpareil, peel

Rhymes with REPAST

aghast, at last, avast, bedfast, Belfast, bombast, broadcast, bypast, contrast, dicast, dismast, downcast, dynast, fantast, flypast, forecast, foremast, forepassed, full blast, gymnast, half-caste, half-mast, handfast, holdfast, lightfast, mainmast, makefast, march-past, miscast, newscast, oblast, offcast, outcast, outcaste, precast, recast, roughcast, sandblast, sand-cast, shamefast, sportscast, topmast, trade-last, typecast, upcast, webcast, windblast

²re·past

verb \ri-ˈpast\

Definition of REPAST

transitive verb

obsolete

: feed

intransitive verb

: to take food : feast

First Known Use of REPAST

15th century