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.
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. 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.
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.
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. 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.
