Defn: To feast; to entertain. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FESTINATE
Fes"ti*nate, a. Etym: [L. festinatus, p.p. of festinare to hasten.]
Defn: Hasty; hurried. [Obs.] — Fes"ti*nate*ly, adv. [Obs.] Shak.
FESTINATION
Fes`ti*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. festinatio.]
Defn: Haste; hurry. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
FESTIVAL Fes"ti*val, a. Etym: [OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See Festive.]
Defn: Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful. I cannot woo in festival terms. Shak.
FESTI-VAL
Fes"ti-val, n.
Defn: A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy,
civil or religious.
The morning trumpets festival proclaimed. Milton.
Syn.
— Feast; banquet; carousal. See Feast.