Feast

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun To be highly gratified or delighted.

II. Feast ·noun A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.

III. Feast ·vt To Delight; to Gratify; as, to feast the soul.

IV. Feast ·noun That which is partaken of, or shared in, with delight; something highly agreeable; entertainment.

V. Feast ·vt To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; as, he was feasted by the king.

VI. Feast ·noun To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions, particularly in large companies, and on public festivals.

VII. Feast ·noun A festive or joyous meal; a grand, ceremonious, or sumptuous entertainment, of which many guests partake; a banquet characterized by tempting variety and abundance of food.

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