noun, verb, -quet⋅ed, -quet⋅ing.| 1. | a lavish meal; feast. |
| 2. | a ceremonious public dinner, esp. one honoring a person, benefiting a charity, etc. |
| 3. | to entertain or regale with a banquet: They banqueted the visiting prime minister in grand style. |
| 4. | to have or attend a banquet; feast: They banqueted on pheasant, wild boar, and three kinds of fish. |