fete

fete
    n 1: an elaborate party (often outdoors) [syn: {fete}, {feast},
         {fiesta}]
    2: an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one
       place); "a drama festival" [syn: {festival}, {fete}]
    v 1: have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the
         family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"
         [syn: {celebrate}, {fete}]
    

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
    

Fete \Fete\ (f[=e]t), n. [See {feat}.]
   A feat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Fete \Fete\, n. pl. [See {Foot}.]
   Feet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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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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70 Moby Thesaurus words for "fete":
      Mardi Gras, Saturnalia, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home,
      ball, banquet, blowout, brawl, carnival, caucus, colloquium,
      commission, committee, conclave, concourse, congregation, congress,
      conventicle, convention, convocation, council, dance, date, diet,
      do, eisteddfod, fair, feast, festival, festive occasion, festivity,
      field day, fiesta, forgathering, forum, gala, gala affair,
      gala day, gathering, get-together, great doings, high jinks,
      housewarming, jamboree, kermis, levee, meet, meeting, panel, party,
      picnic, plenum, prom, quorum, rally, reception, rendezvous, seance,
      session, shindig, sit-in, sitting, soiree, symposium, synod,
      turnout, waygoose, wayzgoose