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feat

2[feet]
–adjective -er, -est. Archaic.
1. apt; skillful; dexterous.
2. suitable.
3. neat.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < MF fait made (to fit) < L factus, ptp. of facere to make, do
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feat 2   (fēt)   
adj.   feat·er, feat·est Archaic
  1. Adroit; dexterous.

  2. Neat; trim.


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