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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Celebrate \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
celebrate
v 1: celebrate, as of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments";
"celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur" [syn: {observe},
{keep}]
2: have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the
family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"
[syn: {fete}]
3: assign great social importance to "The film director war
celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in
Vienna" [syn: {lionize}]
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