14 July 2017
repast
[noun ri-past, -pahst, ree-past, -pahst; verb ri-past, -pahst]
noun
1. a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
to eat a light repast.
2. a meal:
the evening repast.
3. the time during which a meal is eaten; mealtime.
4. Archaic. the taking of food, as at a meal.
5. Obsolete. food.
verb (used without object)
6. to eat or feast (often followed by on or upon).
Origin of repast
Middle English, Late Latin, Latin
1300-1350; Middle English (noun); Old French, derivative (compare past; Latin pāstus fodder) of repaistre to eat a meal; Late Latin repāscere to feed regularly, equivalent to Latin re- re- + pāscere to feed (cf. pasture)
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Historical Examples
The repast was short; it lasted little more than a quarter of an hour.
The Pearl of the Andes
Gustave Aimard
The Frenchmen paddled ashore and joined eagerly in the repast.
The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago
John S. C. Abbott
His repast consisted of a sandwich and a small bottle of well-frappéd champagne.
The Clarion
Samuel Hopkins Adams
When the Lapp had finished his repast he lay down to repose.
The Science of Fairy Tales
Edwin Sidney Hartland
And they hastened to regale the hungry visitors with a repast of fish.
Pioneers Of France In The New World
Francis Parkman, Jr.
Before the end of the repast he had recovered all his assurance, all his aplomb.
Samuel Brohl & Company
Victor Cherbuliez
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Today’s quote
One man’s style must not be the rule of another’s.
– Jane Austen
On this day
14 July 1789 – Bastille Day – commemorating the storming of the Bastille, a fortress-prison. Parisians feared being attacked by King Louis XVI following an economic meltdown and subsequent breakdown in communication between the royalty and the Third Estate (representing the common people and which formed the National Guard represented by the colours of red, white and blue). The Bastille represented the brutality of the monarchy, although at the time it was attacked it only held seven prisoners. The storming of the Bastille led to the French Revolution, bringing an end to feudalism and the proclamation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, which was influenced the US President Thomas Jefferson and declared the universal right of freedom for every person.
14 July 1881 – death (?) of William H. Bonney aka Billy ‘The Kid’. American outlaw. Legend has it that he killed 21 men, although historians believe it may have been between 4 and 9 men. He was shot dead by Sheriff Pat Garrett around 14 July 1881. Some conspiracy theorists believe that Bonney did not get shot that day, but that Garrett staged the shooting so that Billy ‘The Kid’ could escape. Born 23 November 1859.