repast

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
repast
    n 1: the food served and eaten at one time [syn: {meal},
         {repast}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Repast \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.
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            From dance to sweet repast they turn. --Milton.
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   2. That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any
      refreshment. "Sleep . . . thy best repast." --Denham.
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            Go and get me some repast.            --Shak.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Repast \Re*past"\, v. t. & i.
   To supply food to; to feast; to take food. [Obs.] "Repast
   them with my blood." --Shak.
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         He then, also, as before, left arbitrary the dieting
         and repasting of our minds.              --Milton.
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