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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Feat \Feat\ (f[=e]t), 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.
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              The warlike feats I have done.        --Shak.
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     2. A striking act of strength, skill, or cunning; a trick;
        as, feats of horsemanship, or of dexterity.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Feat \Feat\, v. t.
     To form; to fashion. [Obs.]
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           To the more mature,
           A glass that feated them.                --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Feat \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]
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           Never master had a page . . . so feat.   --Shak.
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           And look how well my garments sit upon me 
           Much feater than before.                 --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  feat
       n : a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the
           book was her finest effort" [syn: {deed}, {effort}, {exploit}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "feat":
     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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