[ noun ] the food served and eaten at one time <noun.food>
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.
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.
Repast \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.