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fete

  [feyt, fet] noun, plural fetes, verb, fet⋅ed, fet⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a day of celebration; holiday: The Fourth of July is a great American fete.
2. a festive celebration or entertainment: The ball was the greatest fete of the season.
3. a religious feast or festival: a fete lasting several days in honor of a saint.
–verb (used with object)
4. to entertain at or honor with a fete: to fete a visiting celebrity.
Also, fête  [feyt, fet; Fr. fet] .

Origin:
1745–55; < F fête, earlier feste feast
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fete also fête   (fāt, fět)   
n.  

  1. A festival or feast.

    1. An elaborate, often outdoor entertainment.

    2. An elaborate party.

tr.v.   fet·ed also fêt·ed, fet·ing also fêt·ing, fetes also fêtes

  1. To celebrate or honor with a festival, a feast, or an elaborate entertainment.

  2. To pay honor to.


[French fête, from Old French feste; see feast.]
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Word Origin & History

fete  (n.)
1754, from Fr. fête "festival, feast," from O.Fr. feste (see feast). First used in Eng. by Horace Walpole (1717-97). The verb is from 1819.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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