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Feast
Definitions
- 1 A surname from Middle English.
- 1 A holiday, festival, especially a religious one
"The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord."
- 2 something experienced with great delight wordnet
- 3 A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
"We had a feast to celebrate the harvest."
- 4 an elaborate party (often outdoors) wordnet
- 5 Something delightful
"It was a feast for the eyes."
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- 6 a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed wordnet
- 7 a ceremonial dinner party for many people wordnet
- 1 To partake in a feast, or large meal. intransitive
"I feasted on turkey and dumplings."
- 2 gratify wordnet
- 3 To dwell upon (something) with delight. intransitive
"With my love's picture then my eye doth feast."
- 4 partake in a feast or banquet wordnet
- 5 To hold a feast in honor of (someone). transitive
"He that shall see this day, and live old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbors And say “Tomorrow is Saint Crispian.”"
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- 6 provide a feast or banquet for wordnet
- 7 To serve as a feast for; to feed sumptuously. obsolete, transitive
"1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum Or once a week, perhaps, for novelty / Reez'd bacon-soords shall feast his family."
Etymology
From Middle English feeste, feste, borrowed from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of Latin festum (“holiday, festival, feast”), from Proto-Italic *fēs-tos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“god, godhead, deity”); see also Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god, goddess”). More at theo-. Doublet of fete, fiesta, and fest. Displaced Old English winhate.
From Middle English feesten, festen, from Old French fester, from Medieval Latin festāre, from the noun. See above.
From either Middle English fist (“fist”), perhaps a nickname for an aggressive person, or from Middle English fest (“fart”).
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