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feat (fēt)
noun
Etymology: ME fet < Anglo-Fr < OFr fait < L factum, a deed < neut. pp. of facere: see do
feat (fēt)
adjective
- fitting
- neat or neatly dressed
- skillful
Etymology: ME fet < OFr fait, pp. of faire, to do < L facere: see do
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Preposition: of
- endurance: Stamina: To fish all night is a bit of a feat of endurance.
Converse of object
- accomplish: Dee is now the first woman in history to accomplish this feat.
Adjective modifier
- remarkable: Dogs can perform remarkable feats to reach a female in heat.
Modifies a noun
- ures: By using Tcl, applications need not reimplement these feat ures.
Noun used with modifier
- death-defying: So is it another death-defying feat for the passion story, or an anti-Semitic betrayal?
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Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat, When it's so lucrative to cheat.
Apparently, the most difficult feat for a Cambridge male istoaccept a womannot merelyas feeling, not merelyas thinking, but as managing a complex, vital interweaving of both.
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