Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to banquet
Participle: banqueted
Gerund: banqueting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | banquet |
| you | banquet |
| he;she;it | banquets |
| we | banquet |
| you | banquet |
| they | banquet |
Perfect
| I | have banqueted |
| you | have banqueted |
| he;she;it | has banqueted |
| we | have banqueted |
| you | have banqueted |
| they | have banqueted |
Past
| I | banqueted |
| you | banqueted |
| he;she;it | banqueted |
| we | banqueted |
| you | banqueted |
| they | banqueted |
Pluperfect
| I | had banqueted |
| you | had banqueted |
| he;she;it | had banqueted |
| we | had banqueted |
| you | had banqueted |
| they | had banqueted |
Future
| I | will banquet |
| you | will banquet |
| he;she;it | will banquet |
| we | will banquet |
| you | will banquet |
| they | will banquet |
Future Perfect
| I | will have banqueted |
| you | will have banqueted |
| he;she;it | will have banqueted |
| we | will have banqueted |
| you | will have banqueted |
| they | will have banqueted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | banquet |
| you | banquet |
| he;she;it | banquet |
| we | banquet |
| you | banquet |
| they | banquet |
Perfect
| I | have banqueted |
| you | have banqueted |
| he;she;it | have banqueted |
| we | have banqueted |
| you | have banqueted |
| they | have banqueted |
Imperfect
| I | banqueted |
| you | banqueted |
| he;she;it | banqueted |
| we | banqueted |
| you | banqueted |
| they | banqueted |
Pluperfect
| I | had banqueted |
| you | had banqueted |
| he;she;it | had banqueted |
| we | had banqueted |
| you | had banqueted |
| they | had banqueted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would banquet |
| you | would banquet |
| he;she;it | would banquet |
| we | would banquet |
| you | would banquet |
| they | would banquet |
Perfect
| I | would have banqueted |
| you | would have banqueted |
| he;she;it | would have banqueted |
| we | would have banqueted |
| you | would have banqueted |
| they | would have banqueted |
Imperative
| you | banquet |
| we | Let's banquet |
| you | banquet |
Verbs conjugated like 'banquet'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'banquet'
pacquet,
parquet,
racquet,
acquiet,
acquit,
backset,
ballet,
bandit,
bane,
bangle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.
3. Proto-Germanic *bankiz
4. Proto-West Germanic *banki
5. Lombardic bankbor.
6. Italian banco
7. Proto-Indo-European *-tós
8. Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
9. Late Latin -ittus
10. Italian -etto
11. Italian banchettoder.
12. Middle French banquetbor.
13. Middle English banket
14. English banquet
15. From Middle English banket, from Middle French banquet, from Italian banchetto (“light repast between meals, snack eaten on a small bench”, literally “a small bench”), from banco (“bench”), from Lombardic *bank, *panch (“bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Akin to Old High German bank, banch (“bench”), Old English benċ (“bench”). More at bank, bench. The unetymological /w/ resulted from spelling-pronunciation.
Sample Sentences
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I am resolved; 'tis but a three years' fast: / The mind shall banquet, though the body pine: / Fat paunches have lean pates, and dainty bits / Make rich the ribs, but bankrupt quite the wits. [c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:]
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He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Song of Songs of Songs-Chapter-2/#4 2:4:]
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Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets, / I would not taste thy treasonous offer. (Comus) [1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC, lines 701–702:]
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"Ay, ay," said Wamba, who had resumed his attendance on his master, "rare feeding there will be—pity that the noble Athelstane cannot banquet at his own funeral.—But he," continued the Jester, lifting up his eyes gravely, "is supping in Paradise, and doubtless does honour to the cheer." [1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter XXXII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:]
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1580, George Cavendish, quoted by John Stow (ed.), The Annales of England, Faithfully collected out of the most autenticall Authors, Records, and other Monuments of Antiquitie, 1600 edition, “Henry the eight.,” p. 907,
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Then was the banquetting chamber in the tilt yard at Greenewich, to the which place these strangers were conducted by the noblest personages in the court, where they did both sup and banquet.
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Not possible; for who shall bear your part / And be in Padua here Vincentio's son; / Keep house and ply his book, welcome his friends, / Visit his countrymen, and banquet them? [c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:]
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1800, Frederick Schiller, The Piccolomini, or the First Part of Wallenstein, translated by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, London: Longman & Rees, Act I, scene i, p. 2,
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Just in time to banquet
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The illustrious company assembled there.
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They treated them with profound reverence, as beings descended from heaven, and conducted them to a spacious house, the residence of the cacique, where they were banquetted in their simple but hospitable way, with bread and various fruits of excellent flavour, and different kinds of beverages which have been already mentioned. [1828, Washington Irving, “Voyage through the Gulf of Paria”, in A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: G. & C. Carvill, […], →OCLC, book X, pages 169–170:]