fetev.

Brit.

/feɪt/, U.S.

/feɪt/,

/fɛt/

Inflections: Present participle feting, feteing;

Forms: 1800s– fete, 1800s– fête.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French fêter.

Etymology: < French fêter (see feast v.), which is also used in the sense ‘to acclaim or celebrate (a person)’ (1728). Compare earlier feast v., festy v.Compare German †fetieren (late 18th cent. in senses 1a and 1b; < French). With sense 2 compare earlier party v. 3a. Spelling with a circumflex is now less usual in the verb and its derivatives, but remains predominant in the noun.

a. transitive. To make much of (a person); to acclaim, celebrate. Chiefly in passive.

ΚΠ

1806 W. Scott Let. 11 Feb. (1932) 276 I have been very much fêted and caressed here.

1819 Edinb. Rev. 32 221 He was in general too fond of flattering and ‘feteing’ his master.

1908 J. M. Green Musical Biogr. II. 431/1 Verdi was fêted as never composer had been fêted before.

1978 V. Cronin Catherine xvi. 192 She wrote to Alexis Orlov, then being fêted in Leghorn as the victor of Chesme Bay.

2004 D. Mitchell Cloud Atlas (U.K. ed.) 153 I was fêted by people who until then had never so much as paused to scrape me off their shoes.

b. transitive. To entertain and honour (a person) with a fête, feast, party, etc. Also: to commemorate or celebrate (an event) in this way.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > entertain with food

feasta1325

festya1382

rehetec1400

cheerc1425

table1457

treata1578

banquet1594

kitchena1616

junket1642

regale1656

collation1662

fete1812

sport1826

sock1842

blow1949

1812 R. Wilson Diary 30 Apr. (1861) I. 26 Dined with Sir M. Burgoyne, who fêted all my friends.

1892 Nation (N.Y.) 29 Sept. 239/2 The Government..judging..that the anniversary of the invasion of the Tuileries by the people..ought not to be fêted.

1951 S. Spender World within World iv. 241 Riding in Rolls-Royces, banqueted, fêted, sung and danced to.

2007 Staten Island (N.Y.) Advance (Nexis) 24 Aug. a9 The super septuagenarian was feted at a surprise birthday bash at Café Bella Vita.

2. intransitive. Caribbean. To party; to have a good time at a party. Cf. party v. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > attending or giving party > attend or give party [verb (intransitive)]

party1922

boogie1929

fete1975

1975 T. Callender It so Happen 33 Elmina living it up now, every Saturday night she feting and coming home early in the morning, and she always going this place and that place with that Bannister fellow.

1996 E. Lovelace Salt viii. 139 They start fêting for Christmas in September and they go right through to Ash Wednesday.

2019 @OzzynDrinkz 1 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 30 Apr. 2020) Wonder if I still know how to fete....its been so long.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fete
释义	fetev. Brit. /feɪt/, U.S. /feɪt/, /fɛt/ Inflections: Present participle feting, feteing; Forms: 1800s– fete, 1800s– fête. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French fêter. Etymology: < French fêter (see feast v.), which is also used in the sense ‘to acclaim or celebrate (a person)’ (1728). Compare earlier feast v., festy v.Compare German †fetieren (late 18th cent. in senses 1a and 1b; < French). With sense 2 compare earlier party v. 3a. Spelling with a circumflex is now less usual in the verb and its derivatives, but remains predominant in the noun. 1. a. transitive. To make much of (a person); to acclaim, celebrate. Chiefly in passive. ΚΠ 1806 W. Scott Let. 11 Feb. (1932) 276 I have been very much fêted and caressed here. 1819 Edinb. Rev. 32 221 He was in general too fond of flattering and ‘feteing’ his master. 1908 J. M. Green Musical Biogr. II. 431/1 Verdi was fêted as never composer had been fêted before. 1978 V. Cronin Catherine xvi. 192 She wrote to Alexis Orlov, then being fêted in Leghorn as the victor of Chesme Bay. 2004 D. Mitchell Cloud Atlas (U.K. ed.) 153 I was fêted by people who until then had never so much as paused to scrape me off their shoes. b. transitive. To entertain and honour (a person) with a fête, feast, party, etc. Also: to commemorate or celebrate (an event) in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > entertain with food feasta1325 festya1382 rehetec1400 cheerc1425 table1457 treata1578 banquet1594 kitchena1616 junket1642 regale1656 collation1662 fete1812 sport1826 sock1842 blow1949 1812 R. Wilson Diary 30 Apr. (1861) I. 26 Dined with Sir M. Burgoyne, who fêted all my friends. 1892 Nation (N.Y.) 29 Sept. 239/2 The Government..judging..that the anniversary of the invasion of the Tuileries by the people..ought not to be fêted. 1951 S. Spender World within World iv. 241 Riding in Rolls-Royces, banqueted, fêted, sung and danced to. 2007 Staten Island (N.Y.) Advance (Nexis) 24 Aug. a9 The super septuagenarian was feted at a surprise birthday bash at Café Bella Vita. 2. intransitive. Caribbean. To party; to have a good time at a party. Cf. party v. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > attending or giving party > attend or give party [verb (intransitive)] party1922 boogie1929 fete1975 1975 T. Callender It so Happen 33 Elmina living it up now, every Saturday night she feting and coming home early in the morning, and she always going this place and that place with that Bannister fellow. 1996 E. Lovelace Salt viii. 139 They start fêting for Christmas in September and they go right through to Ash Wednesday. 2019 @OzzynDrinkz 1 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 30 Apr. 2020) Wonder if I still know how to fete....its been so long. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1806
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