[feast] n [ME feste festival, feast, fr. MF, festival, fr. L festa, pl. of festum festival, fr. neut. of festus solemn, festal; akin to L feriae holidays, fanum temple] (13c) 1 a: an elaborate meal often accompanied by a ceremony or entertainment: banquet b: something that gives unusual or abundant pleasure
2: a periodic religious observance commemorating an event or honoring a deity, person, or thing
[2]feast vi (14c) 1: to take part in a feast
2: to enjoy some unusual pleasure or delight ~ vt 1: to give a feast for
2: delight, gratify -- feast.er n