Meaning & use
Feted
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Honored or celebrated publicly, typically with a special event or celebration.
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The returning astronauts were feted with a parade through the city.
She was feted at a gala for her decades of charitable work.
A note on using this word
"Feted" comes from the French fete, meaning "festival" or "celebration," and is sometimes still spelled with the circumflex as "feted" (fêted).
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