WordWeb Online

1. Have a celebration
   "They were feting the patriarch of the family"
   - celebrate, fête
    
2. Show respect towards
   - respect, honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], abide by, observe, fête
    
3. Bestow honour or rewards upon
   - honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], reward, fête
    
4. Accept as pay
   - honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], fête

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

Sounds like: fate, fête

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

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

Encyclopedia: Fete