5. To bring near to; to present for acceptance; as, to offer one's services.
6. To bring or put forward; to hold forth so that a person may take; as, to proffer a gift.
7. To direct for information. Literally, to carry back; as, “Mahomet referred his new laws to the angel Gabriel, by whose direction he gave out they were made.”
9. To suffer is to bear under; to undergo.
Note.—Ferr is an irregular Latin verb the principal parts of which are: fero, ferre, tuli, latus. The last form is found in a number of English words; as, dilate, elate, legislate, relate, superlative, translate. The meaning of the root in these words, as in the ten given above, is bear, carry, or bring.
fest = feast.
1. fest al. Pertaining to a feast, a holiday or celebration.
2. fest ive. Pertaining to or becoming a feast; festal, joyous, gay.
3. festival. A time of feasting or celebration.
4. festivity. Joyousness, gayety, such as becomes a feast.