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–noun

1.	a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.: Arranging the treaty was a diplomatic feat.

2.	Obsolete. a specialized skill; profession.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME fet, fait < AF, OF < L factum fact

]

—Synonyms 1. accomplishment. See achievement.

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–adjective -er, -est. Archaic.

1.	apt; skillful; dexterous.

suitable.

neat.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < MF fait made (to fit) < L factus, ptp. of facere to make, do

]

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n.

A notable act or deed, especially an act of courage; an exploit.
An act of skill, endurance, imagination, or strength; an achievement.
Obsolete A specialized skill; a knack.

[Middle English fet, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin factum, from neuter past participle of facere, to make, do; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: These nouns denote an extraordinary deed or action: feats of bravery; achievements of diplomacy; military exploits; a masterstroke of entrepreneurship.

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adj. feat·er, feat·est Archaic

Adroit; dexterous.
Neat; trim.

[Middle English fet, suitable, from Old French fait, from Latin factus, done, made; see feature.]

feat'ly adv.

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1362, "action, deeds," from Anglo-Fr. fet, from O.Fr. fait, from L. factum "thing done," a noun based on the pp. of facere "make, do" (see factitious). Sense of "exceptional or noble deed" arose c.1400 from phrase feat of arms (Fr. fait d'armes).

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noun
a notable achievement; "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort"

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feat [fiːt] noun

an impressive act or achievement
Example: Building the pyramids was a brilliant feat of engineering.

Arabic:	مَفْخَرَه، عَمَل بُطولي، مأثَرَه
Chinese (Simplified):	功绩
Chinese (Traditional):	功績
Czech:	výkon, čin
Danish:	bedrift; præstation
Estonian:	suursaavutus
Greek:	άθλος, κατόρθωμα
Hungarian:	(hős)tett
Indonesian:	prestasi hebat
Italian:	impresa

Latvian:	(liels) sasniegums; varoņdarbs
Lithuanian:	žygdarbis
Norwegian:	prestasjon
Polish:	wyczyn
Russian:	подвиг; достижение
Slovak:	čin, výkon, skutok
Slovenian:	mojstrski dosežek
Spanish:	hazaña, proeza
Swedish:	bedrift, prestation
Turkish:	cesaret ve ustalık isteyen bir iş

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De*feat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defeating.] [From F. d['e]fait, OF. desfait, p. p. ofe d['e]faire, OF. desfaire, to undo; L. dis- + facere to do. See Feat, Fact, and cf. Disfashion.]

1. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. [Obs.]

His unkindness may defeat my life. --Shak.

2. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.

He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes. --Tillotson.

The escheators . . . defeated the right heir of his succession. --Hallam.

In one instance he defeated his own purpose. --A. W. Ward.

3. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.

4. To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.

Sharp reasons to defeat the law. --Shak.

Syn: To baffle; disappoint; frustrate.

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De*fect"\, n. [L. defectus, fr. deficere, defectum, to desert, fail, be wanting; de- + facere to make, do. See Fact, Feat, and cf. Deficit.]

1. Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.

Errors have been corrected, and defects supplied. --Davies.

2. Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment.

Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know, Make use of every friend -- and every foe. --Pope.

Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects. --Macaulay.

Syn: Deficiency; imperfection; blemish. See Fault.

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Fact\, n. [L. factum, fr. facere to make or do. Cf. Feat, Affair, Benefit, Defect, Fashion, and -fy.]

1. A doing, making, or preparing. [Obs.]

A project for the fact and vending Of a new kind of fucus, paint for ladies. --B. Jonson.

2. An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance.

What might instigate him to this devilish fact, I am not able to conjecture. --Evelyn.

He who most excels in fact of arms. --Milton.

3. Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.

4. The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts.

I do not grant the fact. --De Foe.

This reasoning is founded upon a fact which is not true. --Roger Long.

Note: TheTerm fact has in jurisprudence peculiar uses in contrast with low; as, attorney at low, and attorney in fact; issue in low, and issue in fact. There is also a grand distinction between low and fact with reference to the province of the judge and that of the jury, the latter generally determining the fact, the former the low. --Burrill Bouvier.

Accessary before, or after, the fact. See under Accessary.

Matter of fact, an actual occurrence; a verity; used adjectively: of or pertaining to facts; prosaic; unimaginative; as, a matter-of-fact narration.

Syn: Act; deed; performance; event; incident; occurrence; circumstance.

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Fam"i*ly\, n.; pl. Families. [L. familia, fr. famulus servant; akin to Oscan famel servant, cf. faamat he dwells, Skr. dh[=a]man house, fr. dh[=a]to set, make, do: cf. F. famille. Cf. Do, v. t., Doom, Fact, Feat.]

1. The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.

2. The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.

The welfare of the family underlies the welfare of society. --H. Spencer.

3. Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family.

Go ! and pretend your family is young. --Pope.

4. Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.

5. Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.

6. A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.

7. (Biol.) A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zo["o]logy a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.

Family circle. See under Circle.

Family man. (a) A man who has a family; esp., one who has a wife and children living with him andd dependent upon him. (b) A man of domestic habits. "The Jews are generally, when married, most exemplary family men." --Mayhew.

Family of curves or surfaces (Geom.), a group of curves or surfaces derived from a single equation.

In a family way, like one belonging to the family. "Why don't we ask him and his ladies to come over in a family way, and dine with some other plain country gentlefolks?" --Thackeray.

In the family way, pregnant. [Colloq.]

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Fash"ion\, n. [OE. fasoun, facioun, shape, manner, F. facon, orig., a making, fr. L. factio a making, fr. facere to make. See Fact, Feat, and cf. Faction.]

1. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.; workmanship; execution.

The fashion of his countenance was altered. --Luke ix. 29.

I do not like the fashion of your garments. --Shak.

2. The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion.

The innocent diversions in fashion. --Locke.

As now existing, fashion is a form of social regulation analogous to constitutional government as a form of political regulation. --H. Spencer.

3. Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion.

4. Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way. "After his sour fashion." --Shak.

After a fashion, to a certain extent; in a sort.

Fashion piece (Naut.), one of the timbers which terminate the transom, and define the shape of the stern.

Fashion plate, a pictorial design showing the prevailing style or a new style of dress.

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Fea"si*ble\a. [F. faisable, fr. faire to make or do, fr. L. facere. See Fact, Feat.]

1. Capable of being done, executed, or effected; practicable.

Always existing before their eyes as a thing feasible in practice. --Burke.

It was not feasible to gratify so many ambitions. --Beaconsfield.

2. Fit to be used or tailed, as land. [R.] --R. Trumbull. Fea"si*ble*ness, n. --Fea"si*bly, adv.

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Feat\, 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.

The warlike feats I have done. --Shak.

2. A striking act of strength, skill, or cunning; a trick; as, feats of horsemanship, or of dexterity.

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Feat\, v. t. To form; to fashion. [Obs.]

To the more mature, A glass that feated them. --Shak.

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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]

Never master had a page . . . so feat. --Shak.

And look how well my garments sit upon me -- Much feater than before. --Shak.

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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]

Never master had a page . . . so feat. --Shak.

And look how well my garments sit upon me -- Much feater than before. --Shak.

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Feat"ly\, adv. [From Feat, a.] Neatly; dexterously; nimbly. [Archaic]

Foot featly here and there. --Shak.

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Fea"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. feture form, shape, feature, OF. faiture fashion, make, fr. L. factura a making, formation, fr. facere, factum, to make. See Feat, Fact, and cf. Facture.]

1. The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

What needeth it his feature to descrive? --Chaucer.

Cheated of feature by dissembling nature. --Shak.

2. The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the countenance.

It is for homely features to keep home. --Milton.

3. The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic; as, one of the features of the landscape.

And to her service bind each living creature Through secret understanding of their feature. --Spenser.

4. A form; a shape. [R.]

So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostril wide into the murky air. --Milton.

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Feet\, n. [See Feat, n.] Fact; performance. [Obs.]

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Fete\, n. [See feat.] A feat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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