Part 4213

<blockquote>It was not <b>feasible</b> to gratify so many ambitions. <i>Beaconsfield.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fit to be used or tailed, as land.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>R. Trumbull.</i>

<wordforms><wf>Fea"si*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> --<wf>Fea"si*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Feast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>feste</ets> festival, holiday, feast, OF. <ets>feste</ets> festival, F. <ets>f\'88te</ets>, fr. L. <ets>festum</ets>, pl. <ets>festa</ets>, fr. <ets>festus</ets> joyful, festal; of uncertain origin. Cf. <er>Fair</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Festal</er>, F<er><?/te</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.</def>

<blockquote>The seventh day shall be a <b>feast</b> to the Lord. <i>Ex. xiii. 6.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the <b>feast</b> of the passover. <i>Luke ii. 41.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; Ecclesiastical <i>fasts</i> are called <i>immovable</i> when they always occur on the same day of the year; otherwise they are called <i>movable</i>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A festive or joyous meal; a grand, ceremonious, or sumptuous entertainment, of which many guests partake; a banquet characterized by tempting variety and abundance of food.</def>

<blockquote>Enough is as good as a <b>feast</b>. <i>Old Proverb.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Belshazzar the King made a great <b>feast</b> to a thousand of his lords. <i>Dan. v. 1.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is partaken of, or shared in, with delight; something highly agreeable; entertainment.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>feast</b> of reason, and the flow of soul. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Feast day</col>, <cd>a holiday; a day set as a solemn commemo<?/ative festival.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Entertainment; regale; banquet; treat; carousal; festivity; festival.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Feast</er>, <er>Banquet</er>, <er>Festival</er>, <er>Carousal</er>. A <i>feast</i> sets before us viands superior in quantity, variety, and abudance; a <i>banquet</i> is a luxurious feast; a <i>festival</i> is the joyful celebration by good cheer of some agreeable event. <i>Carousal</i> is unrestrained indulgence in frolic and drink.</usage>

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<hw>Feast</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Feasted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Feasting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>festen</ets>, cf. OF. <ets>fester</ets> to rest from work, F. <ets>f\'88ter</ets> to celebrate a holiday. See <er>Feast</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions, particularly in large companies, and on public festivals.</def>

<blockquote>And his sons went and <b>feasted</b> in their houses. <i>Job. i. 4.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be highly gratified or delighted.</def>

<blockquote>With my love's picture then my eye doth <b>feast</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Feast</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; <as>as, he was <ex>feasted</ex> by the king</as>.</def>

<i>Hayward.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To delight; to gratify; <as>as, to <ex>feast</ex> the soul</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Feast</b> your ears with the music a while. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Feast"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who fares deliciously.</def>