Fete

6 definitions found

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

  fete \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. Fetich

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



  Fete \Fete\ (f[=e]t), n. [See {feat}.]
     A feat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fete \Fete\, n. pl. [See {Foot}.]
     Feet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  fete \f[^e]te\ (f[asl]t), n. [F. See {Feast}.]
     A festival.
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     {F[^e]te champ[^e]tre}[F.], a festival or entertainment in
        the open air; a rural festival.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fete
       n 1: an elaborate party (often outdoors) [syn: {feast}, {fiesta}]
       2: an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one
          place); "a drama festival" [syn: {festival}]
       v : have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the
           family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"
           [syn: {celebrate}]

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

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "fete":
     Mardi Gras, Saturnalia, 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, meet, meeting, panel, party,
     picnic, plenum, prom, quorum, rally, reception, rendezvous, seance,
     session, shindig, sit-in, sitting, soiree, symposium, synod,
     turnout, waygoose, wayzgoose