From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
fete
n 1: an elaborate party (often outdoors) [syn: feast, fiesta]
2: an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one
place); "a drama festival" [syn: festival]
v : have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the
family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"
[syn: celebrate]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
fete \f[^e]te\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {F[^e]ted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{F[^e]ting}.] [Cf. F. f[^e]ter.]
To feast; to honor with a festival. Fetich
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fete \Fete\ (f[=e]t), n. [See feat.]
A feat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fete \Fete\, n. pl. [See Foot.]
Feet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
fete \f[^e]te\ (f[asl]t), n. [F. See Feast.]
A festival.
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{F[^e]te champ[^e]tre}[F.], a festival or entertainment in
the open air; a rural festival.
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