Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A festival or feast.
- noun An elaborate, often outdoor entertainment.
- noun An elaborate party.
- transitive verb To celebrate or honor with a festival, a feast, or an elaborate entertainment.
- transitive verb To pay honor to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
feat . - A Middle English form of
feat .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A feat.
- noun plural obsolete Feet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
festival open to the public, the proceeds from which areoften given tocharity . - noun A
feast ,celebration orcarnival . - verb transitive To
celebrate (a person).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an elaborate party (often outdoors)
- noun an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)
- verb have a celebration
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Alain and Enguerrand were ushered up the grand staircase, lined with tiers of costly exotics as if for a fete; but in that and in all kinds of female luxury, the Duchesse lived in a state of _fete perpetuelle_.
The Parisians — Volume 05 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The fete is Oscar-like, with a daunting line of photographers and smartphone-waving bloggers and fans.
Fly Girls: TV series follows flight attendants at home and in the air 2010
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In a “Spoonful of Poison” a village fete is wrecked by someone lacing the jam with LSD in a competition at the fete.
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"And she called the fete of the Rosiere a root of bitterness!" exclaimed
The Young Lord and Other Tales to which is added Victorine Durocher Newton Crosland 1813
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However the fete is dampened by the apparent suicide of Jack’s friend Tim Preston.
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However the fete is dampened by the apparent suicide of Jack’s friend Tim Preston.
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The preparations for this event required over a month, and it was called the fete of the camellias.
A Marriage Contract 2007
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After a moment, he asked, “So your underlying purpose is to use the ball to bolster attendance at the fete, especially with those down from London, which in turn will greatly increase local interest, thus ensuring the fete is a resounding success?”
The Ideal Bride Laurens, Stephanie 2004
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At the time of this fete, that is to say, in the middle of the month of
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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"I want it all over before our fete, which is day after to-morrow."
To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today Ralph Connor 1898
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