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.
© Webster 1913.
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.
© Webster 1913.