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Webster 1913 Edition

Banquet

Ban′quet

,
Noun.
[F., a feast, prop. a dim. of
banc
bench; cf. It.
banchetto
, dim. of
banco
a bench, counter. See
Bank
a bench, and cf.
Banquette
.]
1.
A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.
2.
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.

Ban′quet

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Banqueted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Banqueting
.]
To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
Just in time to
banquet

The illustrious company assembled there.
Coleridge.

Ban′quet

,
Verb.
I.
1.
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.
2.
To partake of a dessert after a feast.
[Obs.]
Where they did both sup and
banquet
.
Cavendish.

Webster 1828 Edition

Banquet

BAN'QUET

,
Noun.
A feast; a rich entertainment of meat and drink. Esther v. Job xli. Amos vi.

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