Definition of "repast" []

• A meal or the food eaten or provided at a meal. (noun)
• To eat or feast. (verb-intransitive)
• Obsolete To give food to. (verb-transitive)

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• "Hot chocolate, a popular accompaniment to la merienda, a light evening repast, is traditionally whipped until frothy with a molinillo, a ringed wooden beater invented by the Aztecs."
• "A typical regional repast is set out in assorted clay pots."
• "On taking this, the guest places the knife and spoon at the right side, and the fork at the left, and spreads the doily at the left, placing the finger-bowl upon it, and when the repast is finished, he dips his fingers quietly into the bowl and dries them upon his napkin."