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feast
1. n. A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
We had a feast to celebrate the harvest.
2. n. Something delightful
It was a feast for the eyes.
3. n. A festival; a holy day or holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.
4. v. (intransitive) To partake in a feast, or large meal.
I feasted on turkey and dumplings.
5. v. (intransitive) To dwell upon (something) with delight.
6. v. To hold a feast in honor of (someone).
We feasted them after the victory.
7. v. (transitive, obsolete) To serve as a feast for; to feed sumptuously.

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Example Sentences

Once, if I remember well, my life was a feast where all hearts opened and all wines flowed.  And when he had seen them, and Benjamin with them, he commanded the steward of his house, saying: Bring in the men into the house, and kill victims, and prepare a feast: because they shall eat with me at noon.

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