banquet
/ˈbæŋkwɪt/ verb C2- To participate in a banquet; to feast.
- To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
He/she/it banquets · Past banqueted · Past participle banqueted · -ing form banqueting
Verb forms
- Base form
- banquet
- He/she/it
- banquets
- Past
- banqueted
- Past participle
- banqueted
- -ing form
- banqueting
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And concluded the banquet—]
With rows of flaring torches to light it up, and the colour and rude hilarity of an old-time banquet, it might have softened; but now, when two black-clothed gentlemen sat in the little circle of light thrown by a shaded lamp, one’s voice became hushed and one’s spirit subdued.
He led me back into the banqueting-hall, his bedroom candle in his hand, and he held it up against the time-stained portrait on the wall.
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