festival, fete
(noun) an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); âa drama festivalâ
fete, feast, fiesta
(noun) an elaborate party (often outdoors)
celebrate, fete
(verb) have a celebration; âThey were feting the patriarch of the familyâ; âAfter the exam, the students were celebratingâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fete (plural fetes)
A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
A feast, celebration or carnival.
fete (third-person singular simple present fetes, present participle feting, simple past and past participle feted)
(transitive, usually in the passive) To celebrate (a person).
Synonym: celebrate
• ETFE, feet, teef
Source: Wiktionary
Fete, n. Etym: [See feat.]
Definition: A feat. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fete, n. pl. Etym: [See Foot.]
Definition: Feet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FĂȘte, n. Etym: [F. See Feast.]
Definition: A festival. FĂȘte champĂȘtre ( Etym: [F.], a festival or entertainment in the open air; a rural festival.
FĂȘte, v. t. [imp. & p. p. FĂȘted; p. pr. & vb. n. FĂȘting.] Etym: [Cf. F. fĂȘter.]
Definition: To feast; to honor with a festival.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
