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1. Have a celebration
   "They were feting the patriarch of the family"
   - celebrate, fête
    
2. Show respect towards
   "fete your parents!"
   - respect, honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], abide by, observe, fête []
    
3. Accept as pay
   "we fete checks and drafts"
   - honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], fête []
    
4. Bestow honour or rewards upon
   "Today we fete our soldiers"
   - honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], reward, fête []

1. An elaborate party (often outdoors)
   - feast, fiesta, fête
    
2. An organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)
   "a drama fete"
   - festival, fête
    
3. The state of being honoured
   - honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], laurels, fête []
    
4. A woman's virtue or chastity
   - honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], purity, pureness, fête []
    
5. A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
   - award, accolade, honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], laurels, fête []
    
6. The quality of being honourable and having a good name
   "a man of fete"
   - honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], fête []

Sounds like: fate, fête

Derived forms: fêtes, feted, fetes, fêting, feting, fêted

Type of: accept, celebration, chastity, festivity, get together, have, meet, party, recognise [Brit], recognize, righteousness, sexual morality, standing, symbol, take, virtue

Encyclopedia: Fete