Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FEAR-FUL-LY, adv.

1. Timorously; in fear. In such a night / Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew. Shak.
2. Terribly; dreadfully; in a manner to impress tenor. There is a cliff, whose high and bending head / Looks fearfully on the confined deep. Shak.
3. In a manner to impress admiration and astonishment. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Ps. cxxxix.

FEAR-FUL-NESS, n.

1. Timorousness; timidity.
2. State of being afraid; awe; dread. A third thing that makes a government despised, is fearfulness of, and mean compliances with, bold popular offenders. South.
3. Terror; alarm; apprehension of evil. Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Is. xxxiii.

FEAR-LESS, a.

1. Free from fear; as, fearless of death; fearless of consequences.
2. Bold; courageous; intrepid; undaunted; as, a fearless hero; a fearless foe.

FEAR-LESS-LY, adv.

Without fear; in a bold or courageous manner; intrepidly. Brave men fearlessly expose themselves to the most formidable dangers.

FEAR-LESS-NESS, n.

Freedom from fear; courage; boldness; intrepidity. He gave instances of an invincible courage and fearlessness in danger. Clarendon.

FEAS-I-BIL'I-TY, n. [s as z. See Feasible.]

The quality of being capable of execution; practicability. Before we adopt a plan, let us consider its feasibility.

FEAS-I-BLE, a. [s as z. Fr. faisable, from faire, to make, L. facere; It. fattibile; Sp. factible.]

1. That may be done, performed, executed or effected; practicable. We say a thing is feasible when it can he effected by human means or agency. A thing may be possible, but not feasible.
2. That may be used or tilled, as land. B. Trumbull.

FEAS-I-BLE, n.

That which is practicable; that which can be performed by human means.

FEAS-I-BLE-NESS, n.

Feasibility; practicability. Bp. Hall.

FEAS-I-BLY, adv.

Practicably.

FEAST, n. [L. festum; Fr. fête; Sp. fiesta; It. festa; Ir. feasda; D. feest; G. fest.]

1. A sumptuous repast or entertainment, of which a number of guests partake; particularly, a rich or splendid public entertainment. On Pharaoh's birth-day, he made a feast to all his servants. Gen. xl.
2. A rich or delicious repast or meal; something delicious to the palate.
3. A ceremony of feasting; joy and thanksgiving on stated days, in commemoration of some great event, or in honor of some distinguished personage; an anniversary, periodical or stated celebration of some event; a festival; as on occasion of the games in Greece, and the feast of the passover, the feast of Pentecost, and the feast of tabernacles among the Jews.
4. Something delicious and entertaining to the mind or soul; as, the dispensation of the Gospel is called a feast of fat things. Is. xxv.
5. That which delights and entertains. He that is of a merry heart bath a continual feast. Prov. xv. In the English church, feasts are immovable or movable: immovable, when they occur on the same day of the year, as, Christmas-day, &c.; and movable, when they are not confined to the same day of the year, as Easter, which regulates many others.

FEAST, v.i.

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.
2. To be highly gratified or delighted.

FEAST, v.t.

1. To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table magnificently; as, he was feasted by the king. Hayward.
2. To delight; to pamper; to gratify luxuriously; as, to feast the soul. Whose taste or smell can bless the feasted sense. Dryden.

FEAST-ED, pp.

Entertained sumptuously; delighted.

FEAST-ER, n.

1. One who fares deliciously. Taylor.
2. One who entertains magnificently. Johnson.

FEAST-FUL, a.

1. Festive; joyful; as, a feastful day or friend. Milton.
2. Sumptuous; luxurious; as, feastful rites. Pope.

FEAST'FUL-LY, adv.

Festively; luxuriously.

FEAST-ING, n.

An entertainment

FEAST-ING, ppr.

1. Eating luxuriously; faring sumptuously.
2. Delighting; gratifying.
3. Entertaining with a sumptuous table.

FEAST-RITE, n.

Custom observed in entertainments. Philips.

FEAT, a.

Ready; skillful; ingenious. Never master had a page – so feat. [Obs.] Shak.

FEAT, n. [Fr. fait; It. fatto; L. factum, from facio, to perform.]

1. An act; a deed; an exploit; as, a bold feat; a noble feat; feats of prowess.
2. In a subordinate sense, any extraordinary act of strength, skill or cunning; as, feats of horsemanship, or of dexterity; a trick.

FEAT, v.t.

To form; to fashion. [Obs.] Shak.

FEAT-E-OUS, a.

Neat; dextrous.

FEAT-E-OUS-LY, adv.

Neatly; dextrously. [Obs.] Spenser.