repast
/ɹɪˈpæst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The consumption of food; also, refreshment obtained from eating; (generally) refreshment; rest.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
verb
To provide (a person) with intellectual or spiritual nourishment; to enlighten, to feed.
Archaic; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "After evening repaſt, till bed time their thoughts will be beſt taken up in the eaſie grounds of Religion, and the ſtory of Scripture."
- "Forthwith from dance to ſweet repaſt they turn / Deſirous, all in Circles as they ſtood, / Tables are ſet, and on a ſudden pil'd / With Angels Food, and rubied Nectar flows: […]"
- "The Winter comes, and then the falling Maſt, / For greedy Swine, provides a full repaſt."
- "We pitch'd our little Camp here, and ſet down to our Repaſt; for I found, that tho' we were to go back to lodge, yet my Patron had taken care we ſhould be furniſhed ſufficiently for Dinner, and have a good Houſe to eat it in; that is to ſay, a Tent, as before."
- "Earth's coarsest bread, the garden's homeliest roots, / And scarce the summer luxury of fruits, / His short repast in humbleness supply / With all a hermit's board would scarce deny."
- "When at last they were thoroughly toasted, the Badger summoned them to the table, where he had been busy laying a repast."
Etymology
From Middle English repast, repaste (“feast, meal; food, nourishment; the Eucharist; refreshment, rest”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman, Middle French, Old French repast, Middle French, Old French repas (“meal, repast; spiritual nourishment”) (modern French repas), probably from Medieval Latin, Late Latin repastus (“meal”), from repāstus, the perfect passive participle of repāscō (“to feed; to feed one after another”), from Latin re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + pāscō (“to feed, nourish; to pasture (an animal); of an animal: to browse, graze; to maintain, support”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect; to shepherd”)).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɪˈpæst/
- British English: /ɹɪˈpɑːst/