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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

... I will compose verses pastoral, or courtly, or any that shall come more seasonably, so as to divert us in those groves where we shall range. But one thing, gentlemen, is most necessary, that each of us choose a name for the shepherdess he means to celebrate in his lays; and that we leave no tree, be it ever so hard, on which her name is not inscribed and cut, as is the use and custom of enamored shepherds."—"You are quite right," replied Don Quixote; "provided that I am free from seeking ...

— The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites • Eva March Tappan

... military martinet who commanded the post understood. It was the way the people of Piedmont expressed to him and the world their contempt for the farce of an election he had conducted, and their indifference as to the result he would celebrate ...

— The Clansman - An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan • Thomas Dixon

... hallelujah!" He had been much troubled, and his relief shone on his face. "I say, gentlemen, that's the best news I've heard in twenty years. Let's go celebrate it ...

— A Texas Ranger • William MacLeod Raine

... and three broad and five in height, and it was covered with a stone. There they hid me, and gave me bread and water to eat, secretly, and there I abode many days. But Esarhaddon was grieved in spirit, and said to Nadan, "Go to the house of Ahikar and celebrate his funeral, for he was thy uncle, and served me and my father faithfully for a long time." So Nadan came to my house; but he did not celebrate my funeral. He gathered together strange men and women, and feasted with them, and sang, and drank, and was drunken. ...

— Old Testament Legends - being stories out of some of the less-known apochryphal - books of the old testament • M. R. James

... Handy, suddenly brightening up. "A year ago, did you say? Christopher Columbus! if we only had a place to show in we could celebrate the centennial anniversary ...

— A Pirate of Parts • Richard Neville

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