Middle English, from Anglo-French, from (soi) repaistre to feed upon, from re- + pestre, paistre to feed, from Latin pascere
First Known Use: 14th century
repast
We devoured our delectable repast before any of us could have time to say grace.
The English word lunch, meaning "mid-day repast" arrived in 1829 as a shortened version of "luncheon", which derived in 1590 (probably) from the Spanish word lunja,meaning "a slice", literally, "a loin".
Dinner, or possibly repast.
Use it? "Thank you for joining me during my humble repast." Repast = meal -S.M.
The duration of Repast - film - is 1.62 hours.
Repast - film - was created on 1951-11-23.
you just used it in a sentence. Or you could say "The repast yesterday evening was most enjoyable". By. G543 Or you can say: I had a repast yesterday with my friends and family.
"Un repas" is French for "a meal". "Repas" is a cognate of the English word "repast".
France
a meal or a feast.
To provide some food or a meal, as in: "After the concert the women's group will furnish a repast in the main lobby."