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any rich or abundant meal: The steak dinner was a feast.
a sumptuous entertainment or meal for many guests: a wedding feast.
something highly agreeable: The Rembrandt exhibition was a feast for the eyes.
a periodical celebration or time of celebration, usually of a religious nature, commemorating an event, person, etc.: Every year, in September, the townspeople have a feast in honor of their patron saint.
verb (used without object)
to have or partake of a feast; eat sumptuously.
to dwell with gratification or delight, as on a picture or view.
verb (used with object)
to provide or entertain with a feast.
feast one's eyes, to gaze with great joy, admiration, or relish: to feast one's eyes on the Grand Canyon.

1150–1200; Middle English feste < Old French < Latin fēsta, neuter plural (taken as feminine singular noun) of fēstus festal, festive, equivalent to fēs- (akin to fair2) + -tus adj. suffix

feaster, noun
feastless, adjective
outfeast, verb (used with object)
overfeast, verb
prefeast, noun
unfeasted, adjective

2. Feast, banquet imply large social events, with an abundance of food. A feast is a meal with a plenteous supply of food and drink for a large company: to provide a feast for all company employees. A banquet is an elaborate feast for a formal and ceremonious occasion: the main speaker at a banquet.
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feast (fiːst)
1.  a large and sumptuous meal, usually given as an entertainment for several people
2.  a periodic religious celebration
3.  something extremely pleasing or sumptuous: a feast for the eyes
4.  movable feast a festival or other event of variable date
vb (foll by on)
5.  (intr)
 a.  to eat a feast
 b.  (usually foll by on) to enjoy the eating (of), as if feasting: to feast on cakes
6.  (tr) to give a feast to
7.  to take great delight (in): to feast on beautiful paintings
8.  (tr) to regale or delight: to feast one's mind or one's eyes
[C13: from Old French feste, from Latin festa, neuter plural (later assumed to be feminine singular) of festus joyful; related to Latin fānum temple, fēriae festivals]

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Word Origin & History

c.1200, from O.Fr. feste "festival, feast," from V.L. *festa (fem. sing.), from L. festa "holidays, feasts," from neut. pl. of festus "festive, joyful, merry," related to feriæ "holiday" and fanum "temple." The spelling -ea- was used in M.E. to represent the sound we mis-call "long e." The verb
first attested c.1300. Related: Feasted; feasting.
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