Sekirov Dictionary

banquet

/ˈbæŋkwɪt/

noun 3
verb 3
forms 5

noun3

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A large celebratory meal; a feast.
- True, worthy Banquo; he is full so valiant, And in his commendations I am fed; / It is a banquet to me. — 1606
A ceremonial dinner party for many people.
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(no longer used) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.
- Wee'll dine in the great roome, but let the musick / And banquet be prepar'd here. — 1624

verb3

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To participate in a banquet; to feast.
- I am resolved; 'tis but a three years' fast: / The mind shall banquet, though the body pine: / Fat paunches have lean pates, and dainty bits / Make rich the ribs, but bankrupt quite the wits. — 1595
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To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
- Not possible; for who shall bear your part / And be in Padua here Vincentio's son; / Keep house and ply his book, welcome his friends, / Visit his countrymen, and banquet them? — 1590
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(no longer used) To have dessert after a feast.
- Then was the banquetting chamber in the tilt yard at Greenewich, to the which place these strangers were conducted by the noblest personages in the court, where they did both sup and banquet. — 1580

forms

banqueted · banquetted · banqueting · banquetting · banquets

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