Fea"si*ble*ness, n. -- Fea"si*bly, adv.
Feast (fst), n. [OE. feste festival, holiday, feast, OF. feste
festival, F. fÍte, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, festal;
of uncertain origin. Cf. Fair, n., Festal, FÍte.] 1. A festival; a
holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.
The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
Ex. xiii. 6.
Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the
passover.
Luke ii. 41.
Ecclesiastical feasts are called immovable when they always occur on
the same day of the year; otherwise they are called movable.
2. 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.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Old Proverb.
Belshazzar the King made a great feast to a thousand of his lords.
Dan. v. 1.
3. That which is partaken of, or shared in, with delight; something
highly agreeable; entertainment.
The feast of reason, and the flow of soul.
Pope.
Feast day, a holiday; a day set as a solemn commemorative festival.
Syn. -- Entertainment; regale; banquet; treat; carousal; festivity;
festival. -- Feast, Banquet, Festival, Carousal. A feast sets before us
viands superior in quantity, variety, and abundance; a banquet is a
luxurious feast; a festival is the joyful celebration by good cheer of
some agreeable event. Carousal is unrestrained indulgence in frolic and
drink.
Feast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Feasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Feasting.] [OE.
festen, cf. OF. fester to rest from work, F. fÍter to celebrate a
holiday. See Feast, n.] 1. To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich
provisions, particularly in large companies, and on public festivals.
And his sons went and feasted in their houses.
Job. i. 4.