fete

²fete

verb

fet·ed or fêt·edfet·ing or fêt·ing

Definition of FETE

transitive verb

1

: to honor or commemorate with a fete

2

: to pay high honor to

Variants of FETE

fete or fête

Examples of FETE

1. They feted the winning team with banquets and parades.
2. <the returning servicemen and servicewomen were feted with a week's worth of celebrations>

First Known Use of FETE

1814

Related to FETE

Synonyms: honor (or fête), recognize

Related Words: acknowledge, cite, commend, compliment, credit, thank; extol (also extoll), glorify, laud, praise, tout; acclaim, applaud, cheer, hail, laureate, salute; celebrate, commemorate, memorialize, observe; congratulate, felicitate

Near Antonyms: discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, shame; bad-mouth, defame, libel, malign, slander; boo, hiss, hoot, jeer; censure, condemn, damn, denounce, reprobate; mock, put down, ridicule, slight

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