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feast

  [feest]
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–noun
1. any rich or abundant meal: The steak dinner was a feast.
2. a sumptuous entertainment or meal for many guests: a wedding feast.
3. something highly agreeable: The Rembrandt exhibition was a feast for the eyes.
4. a periodical celebration or time of celebration, usually of a religious nature, commemorating an event, person, etc.: Every year, in September, the townspeople have a feast in honor of their patron saint.
–verb (used without object)
5. to have or partake of a feast; eat sumptuously.
6. to dwell with gratification or delight, as on a picture or view.
–verb (used with object)
7. to provide or entertain with a feast.
—Idiom
8. feast one's eyes, to gaze with great joy, admiration, or relish: to feast one's eyes on the Grand Canyon.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME feste < OF < L fēsta, neut. pl. (taken as fem. sing. n.) of fēstus festal, festive, equiv. to fēs- (akin to fair 2 ) + -tus adj. suffix

Related forms:
feaster, noun
feastless, adjective

Synonyms:
2. Feast, banquet imply large social events, with an abundance of food. A feast is a meal with a plenteous supply of food and drink for a large company: to provide a feast for all company employees. A banquet is an elaborate feast for a formal and ceremonious occasion: the main speaker at a banquet.
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feast   (fēst)   
n.  

    1. A large, elaborately prepared meal, usually for many persons and often accompanied by entertainment; a banquet.

    2. A meal that is well prepared and abundantly enjoyed.

  2. A periodic religious festival commemorating an event or honoring a god or saint.

  3. Something giving great pleasure or satisfaction: a book that is a veritable feast for the mind.

v.   feast·ed, feast·ing, feasts

v.   tr.
To give a feast for; entertain or feed sumptuously: feasted the guests on venison.
v.   intr.

  1. To partake of a feast; eat heartily.

  2. To experience something with gratification or delight: feasted on the view.


[Middle English feste, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *fēsta, from Latin, pl. of fēstum, from fēstus, festive; see dhēs- in Indo-European roots.]
feast'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

feast  (n.)
c.1200, from O.Fr. feste "festival, feast," from V.L. *festa (fem. sing.), from L. festa "holidays, feasts," from neut. pl. of festus "festive, joyful, merry," related to feriæ "holiday" and fanum "temple." The spelling -ea- was used in M.E. to represent the sound we mis-call "long e." The verb first attested c.1300.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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