Meaning of FEAT
| Pronunciation: | | feet
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| | Definition: | | [n] a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort" |
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| | Synonyms: | | deed, effort, exploit |
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| | See Also: | | accomplishment, achievement, acquiring, actuation, causation, causing, delivery, departure, derring-do, digging up, discovery, disinterment, disposal, disposition, effectuation, egress, egression, emergence, equalisation, equalization, exhumation, find, getting, going, going away, hit, implementation, leaving, leveling, obstetrical delivery, propulsion, rally, rallying, recovery, retrieval, running away, stunt, touch, touching, tour de force, uncovering | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Feat\, n. [OE. fet, OF. fet, fait, F. fait, factum, fr. L.
facere, factum, to make or do. Cf. {Fact}, {Feasible}, {Do}.]
1. An act; a deed; an exploit.
The warlike feats I have done. --Shak.
2. A striking act of strength, skill, or cunning; a trick;
as, feats of horsemanship, or of dexterity.
\Feat\, v. t.
To form; to fashion. [Obs.]
To the more mature, A glass that feated them. --Shak.
\Feat\, a. [Compar. {Feater}; superl. {Featest}.] [F. fait
made, shaped, fit, p. p. of faire to make or do. See {Feat},
n.]
Dexterous in movements or service; skillful; neat; nice;
pretty. [Archaic]
Never master had a page . . . so feat. --Shak.
And look how well my garments sit upon me -- Much
feater than before. --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, act, acta, action, adventure, aristeia, attainment, blow, bold stroke, conquest, consummation, coup, dealings, deed, doing, doings, effort, emprise, endeavor, enterprise, execution, exploit, fait accompli, gest, go, hand, handiwork, heroic act, job, maneuver, master stroke, masterpiece, masterwork, measure, move, operation, overt act, passage, performance, proceeding, production, res gestae, step, stroke, stunt, thing, thing done, tour de force, transaction, triumph, turn, undertaking, venture, victory, work, works |
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