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repaste

repaste is the obsolete spelling of repast.

Meaning of repast

Noun

repast (countable and uncountable, plural repasts)

  1. (archaic, literary) A 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.[1644], [John Milton], Of Education. To Master Samuel Hartlib, [London]: […] [Thomas Underhill and/or Thomas Johnson], →OCLC, page 4
    Synonyms:
    refection, meal, mese
  2. (obsolete) A 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...1670, John Evelyn, “. Chapter XXXV. An Historical Account of the Sacrednesse, and Use of Standing Groves, &c..”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His...
  3. (archaic) Food 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.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  4. (archaic, figuratively) Something 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.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 48, page 148
    Synonyms:
    refection
  5. (obsolete) The 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, […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 4, page 20
    Synonyms:
    refection

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Verb

repaste (third-person singular simple present repastes, present participle repasting, simple past and past participle repasted)

  1. To paste again.
    • But text typefaces were still a problem if Lubalin was to fully realize his vision. You couldn't cut and repaste every letter there.2006, Simon Loxley, The Secret History of Letters
    • Allow each sheet to soak for five minutes or more then unfold, repaste and trim.1932, The Painter and Decorator

Forms of repaste

Noun
pluralrepastes
Verb
third-person singular presentrepastes
present participlerepasting
past participlerepasted
pastrepasted

Origin of repaste

From re- + paste.

Questions about repaste

What does repaste mean?
Repaste means to paste again.
What is repaste the obsolete spelling of?
Repaste is the obsolete spelling of repast.
What part of speech is repaste?
Repaste is a verb.
What is the past tense of repaste?
The past tense of repaste is repasted.

Words near repaste in the dictionary

  1. repassings
  2. repassion
  3. repassivation
  4. repassivations
  5. repast
  6. repaste
  7. repasted
  8. repaster
  9. repasters
  10. repastes
  11. repasteth

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