Meaning of Repast | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A meal.
   archaic, countable, literary, uncountable
2. A period of refreshment or rest.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
3. Food or drink that may be consumed as a meal.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
4. Something that is intellectually or spiritually nourishing.
   archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable
5. The consumption of food; also, refreshment obtained from eating; (generally) refreshment; rest.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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: […]”

“The Winter comes, and then the falling Maſt, / For greedy Swine, provides a full repaſt.”

“We pitch'd our little Camp here, and ſet down to our Repaſt; for I found, that tho' we were to go back to lodge, yet my Patron had taken care we ſhould be furniſhed ſufficiently for Dinner, and have⟳ a good Houſe to eat⟳ it in; that is to ſay, a Tent, as before.”

“Earth's coarsest bread, the garden's homeliest roots, / And scarce the summer luxury of fruits, / His short repast in humbleness supply⟳ / With all a hermit's board⟳ would scarce deny⟳.”

“When at last⟳ they were thoroughly toasted, the Badger summoned them to the table, where he had been busy laying a repast.”

“About 200 guests were invited and entertained to lunch in the so-called booking hall at Waterloo; the contractors, Spiers & Pond Limited, were much praised for organising the repast, with attendant cloak room facilities, so well in such unfavourable surroundings.”

“I do not run⟳ from the King, the King has run⟳ me out. Now that Lord Pharaoh has his ear, he says my sense⟳ of humor is in doubt⟳. 'Tis true, tonight I ate my last⟳ of the royal repast.”

“[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.”

“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.”

“[T]hey return⟳, and howle and gnaw / My Bowels, their repaſt; […]”

“Go therefore, half this day as friend with friend / Converſe with Adam, in what Bowre or ſhade / Thou find'ſt him from the heat of Noon retir'd, / To reſpit his day-labour with repaſt, / Or with repoſe; […]”

“Sleep⟳ that is thy beſt repaſt, / Yet of Death it bears a taſt, / And both are the ſame thing at laſt.”

“What neat repaſt ſhall feaſt us, light⟳ and choice, / Of Attick taſt, with Wine, whence we may riſe / To hear⟳ the Lute well toucht, or artfull voice / Warble immortal Notes and Tuskan Ayre?”

“The feast was usher'd in—but sumptuous fare / He shunn'd as if some poison mingled there. / For one so long condemn'd to toil and fast, / Methinks he strangely spares the rich repast.”

“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.”

“He ſucks intelligence in ev'ry clime, / And ſpreads the honey of his deep reſearch / At his return⟳, a rich repaſt for me.”

“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.”

“The other [room] was termed Triclinium, that is, Three beds encompaſſing a table, as may be ſeen in the figures thereof, and particularly in the Rhamnuſian Triclinium, ſet down by Mercurialis [Girolamo Mercuriale?]. The cuſtomary uſe hereof was probably deduced from the frequent uſe of bathing, after which they commonly retired to bed, and refected themſelves with repaſt; […]”

“[H]ow inconſiſtent is it with his gravity and goodneſs, to couple a ſpiritual grace with matters of corporeal repaſt: […]”

“The Day already half his Race⟳ had run⟳, / And ſummon'd him to due Repaſt at Noon, / But Love⟳ could feel⟳ no Hunger but his own⟳.”

“The silk pavilions of King Arthur raised / For brief repast or afternoon repose / By couriers gone before; […]”

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