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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fete \Fete\ (f[=e]t), n. [See feat.]
   A feat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fete \Fete\, n. pl. [See Foot.]
   Feet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

Thesaurus Results for Fete:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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