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Grammar : Noun
Spell : noun ri-past, -pahst, ree-past, -pahst; verb ri-past, -pahst
Phonetic Transcription : noun rɪˈpæst, -ˈpɑst, ˈri pæst, -pɑst; verb rɪˈpæst, -ˈpɑst

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Définition of repast

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French repast (Modern Frech repas) "a meal, food," from Late Latin repastus "meal" (also source of Spanish repasto, noun use of past participle of repascere "to feed again," from Latin re- "repeatedly" (see re-) + pascere "to graze" (see pastor). The verb (intransitive) is from late 15c.
  • noun meal
Example sentences :
  • Sometimes they slay their own wives, and invite their neighbours to the repast.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Will you not honour us so far as to sit down with us and share our repast?'
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • When the officers learned that I was a Russian, they invited me to share their repast.
  • Extract from : « The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ » by Nicolas Notovitch
  • They eventually settled on a restaurant and ordered their repast.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • She lays the tray before her son and invites me to partake of the repast.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • At the close of the repast, Mr Leach commissioned me to distribute 1lb.
  • Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
  • Well then, proceed with your answers, and let me have the remainder of my repast.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • Me it concerned little where I sat, since the repast was all that I could look for; not so the others.
  • Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Binet asked him once in the course of that repast and during a pause in the conversation.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • A solid supper, just such a repast as these people could and did appreciate.
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum

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