About The Word Celebrate

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Celebrate

Celebrate Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Celebrate?
[v] assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna"
[v] have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" [v] celebrate, as of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur" Synonyms | Synonyms for Celebrate: fete | keep | lionise | lionize Related Terms | Find terms related to Celebrate: administer Communion | adulate | advertise | apotheosize | attend Communion | attend Mass | beat the drum | belaud | bepraise | blare | blare forth | blaze | blaze abroad | blazon | blazon about | bless | bless the Lord | blow the trumpet | blow up | boast of | brag about | broadcast | carouse | celebrate Mass | commemorate | communicate | consecrate | conventionalize | cry | cry out | cry up | cut loose | debauch | declaim | dedicate | deify | dignify | doxologize | dress ship | emblazon | eulogize | exalt | extol | fire a salute | flatter | formalize | glorify | glorify the Lord | hallow | hell around | herald | herald abroad | hero-worship | hold | hold jubilee | honor | hymn | idolize | jollify | jolly | jubilate | jubilize | keep | lark | laud | let go | let loose | let off steam | lionize | maffick | magnify | make merry | make much of | make whoopee | mark | memorialize | observe | overpraise | panegyrize | party | pay tribute | perform | porter aux nues | praise | praise God | proclaim | promulgate | publicize | puff | puff up | raise hell | receive the Sacrament | rejoice in | revel | ritualize | roister | salute | sanctify | see life | shout | signalize | sing praises | skylark | solemnize | solemnly mark | sound a fanfare | spree | step out | stylize | thunder | thunder forth | trumpet | trumpet forth | wanton | wassail | whoop it up See Also | abide by | commemorate | get together | honor | honour | jollify | jubilate | make happy | make merry | make whoopie | mark | meet | mourn | observe | party | racket | receive | respect | revel | solemnise | solemnize | wassail | whoop it up Celebrate In Webster's Dictionary \Cel"e*brate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Celebrated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Celebrating}.] [L. celebratus, p. p. of
celebrare to frequent, to celebrate, fr. celeber famous.]
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.
--Lev. xxiii.
32.
3. To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn
rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as,
to celebrate a marriage.
Syn: To commemorate; distinguish; honor.
Usage: 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. --Atterbury.
Earth, water, air, and fire, with feeling glee,
Exult to celebrate thy festival. --Thomson.
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