- (v.i.) To partake of a dessert after a feast.
- (n.) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats.
- (v.t.) To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
- (v.i.) To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast.
- (n.) A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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