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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

repasting en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree English repast Middle English -ynge English -ing English repasting From repast + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund) gerund of repast: an act of eating or having a meal.
    form of repast
    • [W]hen God did enlarge the univerſall diet of mans body, ſaving ever the rules of temperance, he then alſo, as before, left arbitrary the dyeting and repaſting of our minds; as wherein every mature man might have to exerciſe his owne leading capacity. 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 11:

repasting en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree English repast Middle English -ynge English -ing English repasting From repast + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of repast
    form of repast

repasting en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of repaste
    form of repaste