What does "repast" mean?
Repast: That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment. "Sleep . . . thy best repast." Denham. Go and get me some repast. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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