repast

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink

US /rɪˈpæst/ UK /rɪˈpɑːst/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a meal, especially a substantial or formal one

They lingered over a leisurely repast of roast lamb and wine.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a meal, especially a... meal feast banquet spread collation refection

Opposites

fast

Word family

Related forms pasture pastorrepasture

Etymology

From Old French repast ('meal'), from Late Latin repastus, from repascere ('to feed again'), from re- ('again') + pascere ('to feed, graze').

repast Old French pascere Latin *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Food & Drink Register & Style

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# repast

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /rɪˈpæst/
**IPA (UK):** /rɪˈpɑːst/

## Meanings
1. a meal, especially a substantial or formal one

## Examples
- They lingered over a leisurely repast of roast lamb and wine.

## Synonyms
- meal
- feast
- banquet
- spread
- collation
- refection

## Antonyms
- fast

## Related Forms
- pasture
- pastor
- repasture

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: repast
- Root: pascere
- Root: *peh₂-

## Etymology
From Old French repast ('meal'), from Late Latin repastus, from repascere ('to feed again'), from re- ('again') + pascere ('to feed, graze').

## AI Etymology
Repast comes from Old French repast ('meal'), from Late Latin repastus, from repascere ('to feed again'), from re- ('again') + pascere ('to feed, graze'). The historical chain includes Old French repast, Latin pascere, and Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-. Older glosses in the chain include "meal", "to feed again", "again", and "to feed, graze", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, repast is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "a meal, especially a substantial or formal one". related forms include pasture, pastor, and repasture. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Food & Drink
- Register & Style

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