verb
fet
feht
verb
1
Archaic or dialectal: to fetch or bring something.
"The old ballad tells him to fet water from the well."
noun
1
Dialectal: a single piece or portion of something.
"She cut off a fet of bread for the journey."
How to Use Fet
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old, now-rare word meaning "to fetch" — you'll mostly meet it in historical or dialect writing, not everyday speech.
Common mistake
Not to be confused with the acronym FET (field-effect transistor) or the diet term "keto"-style abbreviations — this is a plain archaic verb, unrelated.
Word Forms
fet past tense, fets plural, fets singular
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Etymology
From Old English fetian, "to bring or fetch," the same root that eventually gave modern English "fetch."