Hypertext Webster Gateway: "feasted"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Feast \Feast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Feasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Feasting}.] [OE. festen, cf. OF. fester to rest from work,
F. f[^e]ter to celebrate a holiday. See {Feast}, n.]
1. To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions,
particularly in large companies, and on public festivals.

And his sons went and feasted in their houses.
--Job. i. 4.

2. To be highly gratified or delighted.

With my love's picture then my eye doth feast.
--Shak.


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