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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Repas(t, n. [ME and e.m.E. repast (Piers Plowman), OF repast (c1112 in Larousse).] a. A quantity of food and drink taken as a meal or repast; a meal. b. Spiritual refreshment; repose. —a. 1456 Hay I 250/24.
Quhen the prophet … mycht no mare travaill, he ete and drank his repas Ib. II 144/11.
Thou sulde tak a lytill licht repast of degestable mete c1580-90 Rules of Health (Moray Mun.).
Keip fra diuersitie of meittis at a feiding and content ȝow with a kynd of meit at a repast —b. 1586 in A. Hay Nobility 48.
His desire to withdraw … to place of more solitude and repast