BANQUET

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.

2.
n.

A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats. [Obs.] We'll dine in the great room, but let the music And banquet be prepared here. Massinger.

3.
v.

To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast. Just in time to banquet The illustrious company assembled there. Coleridge.

4.
v.

To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast. Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets, I would not taste thy treasonous offer. Milton.

5.
v.

To partake of a dessert after a feast. [Obs.] Where they did both sup and banquet. Cavendish.

← BANNS B — all words BANQUETTE →
Browse all “B” words Find “BANQUET” in other definitions

98,828 entries. Headwords are matched first, then definition text.