Meaning of FETE
| Pronunciation: | | feyt
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- [n] an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival"
- [n] an elaborate party (often outdoors)
- [v] have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"
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| | Synonyms: | | celebrate, feast, festival, fiesta |
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| | See Also: | | Bacchanalia, carnival, celebration, Dionysia, eisteddfod, festivity, film festival, get together, jazz festival, jollify, jubilate, Kwanza, Kwanzaa, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, meet, party, party, racket, receive, revel, Saturnalia, sheepshearing, wassail, whoop it up | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Fete\, n. [See {feat}.]
A feat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Fete\, n. pl. [See {Foot}.]
Feet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\F[^e]te\, n. [F. See {Feast}.]
A festival.
{F[^e]te champ[^e]tre}[F.], a festival or entertainment in
the open air; a rural festival.
\F[^e]te\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {F[^e]ted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{F[^e]ting}.] [Cf. F. f[^e]ter.]
To feast; to honor with a festival.
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| | Related Terms: | | assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, ball, banquet, blowout, brawl, carnival, caucus, colloquium, commission, committee, conclave, concourse, congregation, congress, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, dance, date, diet, do, eisteddfod, fair, feast, festival, festive occasion, festivity, field day, fiesta, forgathering, forum, gala, gala affair, gala day, gathering, get-together, great doings, high jinks, housewarming, jamboree, kermis, levee, Mardi Gras, meet, meeting, panel, party, picnic, plenum, prom, quorum, rally, reception, rendezvous, Saturnalia, seance, session, shindig, sit-in, sitting, soiree, symposium, synod, turnout, waygoose, wayzgoose |
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