<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a lavish meal; feast.</li><li>a ceremonious public dinner, especially one honoring a person, benefiting a charity, etc.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to entertain or regale with a banquet: They banqueted the visiting prime minister in grand style.</li><li>(used without object) to have or attend a banquet; feast: They banqueted on pheasant, wild boar, and three kinds of fish.</li></ul>