Repast

  • 11repast — n. a light, meager repast * * * [rɪ pɑːst] meager repast a light …

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  • 12repast — [14] The closest English relative of repast is not past but pasture. It was borrowed from Old French repast, a derivative of repaistre ‘feed’. This in turn went back to late Latin repascere ‘feed again’, a compound verb formed from the prefix re… …

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  • 13repast — UK [rɪˈpɑːst] / US [rɪˈpæst] noun [countable] Word forms repast : singular repast plural repasts very formal a meal …

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  • 14repast — /rəˈpast / (say ruh pahst) noun 1. a quantity of food taken at or provided for one occasion of eating: to eat a light repast. 2. a taking of food; a meal: the evening repast. 3. Obsolete food. {Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin… …

  • 15rêpast — in répast a o prid. (é; ẹ) podoben repu: repast podaljšek // repat: repasta žival …

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  • 16repast — [14] The closest English relative of repast is not past but pasture. It was borrowed from Old French repast, a derivative of repaistre ‘feed’. This in turn went back to late Latin repascere ‘feed again’, a compound verb formed from the prefix re… …

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  • 17repast — n. formal 1 a meal, esp. of a specified kind (a light repast). 2 food and drink supplied for or eaten at a meal. Etymology: ME f. OF repaistre f. LL repascere repast feed …

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  • 18repast — [[t]rɪpɑ͟ːst, pæ̱st[/t]] repasts N COUNT A repast is a meal. [LITERARY] …

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  • 19repast — noun, formal a sumptuous repast Syn: meal, feast, banquet; informal spread, feed, bite, bite to eat; formal collation, refection …

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  • 20répast — a o prid. (ẹ) podoben repi: jabolka imajo repast okus ● ekspr. imeti repaste lase ravne, v pramenih viseče …

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