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Examples of repast in a Sentence
She offered us a light repast before we set out on our trip.
monks taking their evening repast in silence
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His homegoing service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at House of Hope in the Pullman neighborhood with a repast afterward at Mount Calvary.
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There are also olive, fig, and walnut trees, which provide fresh repast for the family’s table.
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His funeral, to be followed by a community repast, was to be held Friday, at the same church as Mr. Gray’s.
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Origin and Etymology 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 of repast
15th century
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