# repast

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈpɑːst/ · frequency rank #96,407

## Definitions
1. A meal.
2. A period of refreshment or rest.
3. Food or drink that may be consumed as a meal.
4. Something that is intellectually or spiritually nourishing.
5. The consumption of food; also, refreshment obtained from eating; (generally) refreshment; rest.

## 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”)).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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