repastnoun詞源 1/ɹɪˈpɑːst/

• 1

  archaicliteraryA meal.

  • After evening repaſt, till bed time their thoughts will be beſt taken up in the eaſie grounds of Religion, and the ſtory of Scripture.
  • Forthwith from dance to ſweet repaſt they turn / Deſirous, all in Circles as they ſtood, / Tables are ſet, and on a ſudden pil'd / With Angels Food, and rubied Nectar flows: […]
• 2

  obsoleteA period of refreshment or rest.

  • [T]he nobleſt Raptures have been conceiv'd in the Walks and ſhades of Trees, […] the Profound Philoſophers lov'd here to paſſe their lives in repoſe and Contemplation, and the frugal Repaſts—molleſque ſub arbore ſomni [a soft sleep under the tree] were the natural and chaſt delights of our Fore-Fathers.
• 3

  archaicFood or drink that may be consumed as a meal.

  • I prethee go, and get me ſome repaſt, / I care not what, ſo it be holſome foode.
  • In honour therefore of the Sunne, and for ſuſtenance of his Chariot-beaſts, they carefully waſh the carkaſſes of their dead, and lay them forth in the night, for repaſt vnto the Tigres, wearied with their long and late iourney in the day.
• 4

  archaicSomething that is intellectually or spiritually nourishing.

  • For nought he car'd his carcas long vnfed; / His mind was full of ſpirituall repaſt, / And pyn'd his fleſh, to keepe his body low and chaſt.
  • Gao[ler]. Come Sir, are you ready for death? / Poſt[humus]. Ouer-roaſted rather: ready long ago. / Gao. Hanging is the word, Sir, if you bee readie for that, you are well Cook'd. / Poſt. So if I proue a good repaſt to the Spectators, the diſh payes the ſhot.
• 5

  obsoleteThe consumption of food; also, refreshment obtained from eating; (generally) refreshment; rest.

  • Forthwith he runnes with feigned faithfull haſt / Vnto his gueſt, who after troublous ſights / And dreames gan now to take more ſound repaſt, […]
  • I do dine today at the fathers of a certaine pupill of mine, where if (before repaſt) it ſhall pleaſe you to gratifie the table with a Grace, I will on my priuiledge I haue with the parentes of the foreſaid childe or pupill, vndertake your bien venuto, where I will proue thoſe Verſes to be very vnlearned, neither fauoring of Poetrie, wit, nor inuention.

repastverb詞源 2/ɹɪˈpɑːst/

• 1

  archaicTo supply (an animal or person) with food; to feed.

  • To his good friends thus wide I'le ope my armes, / And like the kind life-rendring Pelican, / Repaſt them with my blood.
  • The top-leaves and oldeſt would be gathered laſt of all, as being moſt proper to repaſt the worms with towards their laſt change.
• 2

  archaicTo provide (a person) with intellectual or spiritual nourishment; to enlighten, to feed.

• 3

  obsoleteTo refresh (oneself or someone) through eating and drinking.

  • [A]nd ſoo within a lytil whyle they came to that heremytage ⸝ and there they dranke the wyne ⸝ and ete the veneſon and the foules baken ⸝ And ſo whan they had repaſted hem wel ⸝ the dwarf retorned ageyn with his veſſel vn to the caſtel ageyne ⸝ […]
• 4

  obsoleteUsually followed by on or upon: to take food and drink; to feast, to feed.

  • And now they reach'd the naval Walls, and found / The Guards repaſting, while the Bowls go round; […]
  • [O]n arrival of the dinner-hour, repasteth on domestic fare, (making especial mention of certain fishes, and concluding with cheese,) […]