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/sˈɛləbrˌeɪt/ Listen

verb

Celebrate v. t. (past & past part. celebrated; pres. part. celebrating)

1.

To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.

2.

To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday. "From even unto even shall ye celebrate your Sabbath."

3.

To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage.

Synonyms: To commemorate; distinguish; honor. To Celebrate, Commemorate. We commemorate events which we desire to keep in remembrance, when we recall them by some special observace; as, to commemorate the death of our Savior. We celebrate by demonstrations of joy or solemnity or by appropriate ceremonies; as, to celebrate the birthday of our Independence. "We are called upon to commemorate a revolution as surprising in its manner as happy in its consequences." "Earth, water, air, and fire, with feeling glee, Exult to celebrate thy festival."

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Etymology of 'Celebrate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Celebrate" Quotes from Famous Books

... you're back, let's celebrate In the good old way and classic; Come, let us lard our skins with nard, And bedew our souls with Massic! With fillets of green parsley leaves Our foreheads shall be done up; And with song shall we Protract our spree Until ...

— Echoes from the Sabine Farm • Roswell Martin Field and Eugene Field

... at the removal of an image, and the King's commissary was stabbed by a priest. The troubles extended to Devonshire, where men forced the priests to celebrate the mass after the old ritual, and then took the field with crosses and tapers, and carrying the Host before them. When their numbers became so large as to embolden them to put forth a manifesto, they demanded before all—incredible as it may seem—the restoration of the Six Articles ...

— A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) • Leopold von Ranke

... to put an end to this sort of agitation, and now the rat-faced man told him that the time for action had come. There was to be a big mass meeting to celebrate the Bolshevik revolution, and McGivney warned Peter to keep out of sight at that meeting, because there might be some clubbing. Peter left off his red badge, and the button with the clasped hands and went ...

— 100%: The Story of a Patriot • Upton Sinclair

... voices were changed as they called to one another; they sounded warm and loving and as if they shared a secret. Beryl went over to the table. "Have another cup of tea, mother. It's still hot." She wanted, somehow, to celebrate the fact that they could do what they liked now. There was no man to disturb them; the whole perfect day ...

— The Garden Party • Katherine Mansfield

... 4, 1778, Congress ratified the treaties of commerce and alliance with France. On the 6th, Washington, waiting at Valley Forge for the British to start from Philadelphia, caused his army, drawn out on parade, to celebrate the great event with cheers and with salvos of artillery and musketry. The alliance deserved cheers and celebration, for it marked a long step onward in the Revolution. It showed that America had demonstrated to ...

— George Washington, Vol. I • Henry Cabot Lodge

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