repasting

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