feast
/ˈfiːst/ verb C2- To partake in a feast, or large meal. · I feasted on turkey and dumplings.
- To dwell upon (something) with delight.
- To hold a feast in honor of (someone). · We feasted them after the victory.
He/she/it feasts · Past feasted · Past participle feasted · -ing form feasting
Verb forms
- Base form
- feast
- He/she/it
- feasts
- Past
- feasted
- Past participle
- feasted
- -ing form
- feasting
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The Marriage Feast
The feast had been made ready on the second floor at La Réserve, with whose arbor the reader is already familiar.
Various rumors were afloat to the effect that the owners of the Pharaon had promised to attend the nuptial feast; but all seemed unanimous in doubting that an act of such rare and exceeding condescension could possibly be intended.
Morrel appeared and was saluted with an enthusiastic burst of applause from the crew of the Pharaon, who hailed the visit of the shipowner as a sure indication that the man whose wedding feast he thus delighted to honor would ere long be first in command of the ship; and as Dantès was universally beloved on board his vessel, the sailors put no restraint on their tumultuous joy at finding that the opinion and choice of their superiors so exactly coincided with their own.
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