fete

6 definitions found

fete - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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

  Fete \Fete\ (f[=e]t), n. [See feat.]
     A feat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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  Fete \Fete\, n. pl. [See Foot.]
     Feet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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  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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fete - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

fete - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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