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fete
[feyt, fet] 
noun, plural fetes, verb, fet⋅ed, fet⋅ing.–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. |
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| fete also fête (fāt, fět) n.
[French fête, from Old French feste; see feast.] |
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Fete
Fete\, n. [See feat.] A feat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.Fete
Fete\, n. pl. [See Foot.] Feet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.Fete
F[^e]te\, n. [F. See Feast.] A festival. F[^e]te champ[^e]tre[F.], a festival or entertainment in the open air; a rural festival.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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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