Celebrate
['selɪbreɪt] or ['sɛlɪbret]
Definition
(verb.) have a celebration; 'They were feting the patriarch of the family'; 'After the exam, the students were celebrating'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Praise, extol, laud, magnify, glorify, bless, commend, give praise to, make famous.[2]. Commemorate, solemnize, honor, keep, observe, do honor to.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See HONOR]
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Definition
v.t. to make famous: to distinguish by solemn ceremonies as a festival or an event: to perform with proper rites and ceremonies as mass the eucharist marriage &c.: to publish the praises of.—n. Cel′ebrant one who celebrates: the principal officiant at the holy communion.—adj. Cel′ebrated distinguished: famous.—ns. Celebrā′tion act of celebrating any solemn ceremony as the eucharist (high if with music &c.; low if without): an extolling; Celebrāt′or one who celebrates; Celeb′rity the condition of being celebrated: fame: notoriety: a person of distinction or fame.
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Examples
- They recited the verses which they had composed, to celebrate his valour and his victories. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Do you celebrate those festivals? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Let us celebrate this happy meeting with a convivial glass,' said he. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They called it gluhwein and it was a good thing to warm you and to celebrate with. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- They celebrate the anniversaries of Chapultepec and Molino del Rey as of very great victories. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The reply was sometimes: We propose to celebrate the 4th of July there. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- During his voyage in the East Indies he had laid in a supply of fireworks with which to celebrate the Fourth of July in a manner worthy an American captain. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As the glare of day mellowed into twilight, we looked down upon a picture which is celebrated all over the world. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- These are two celebrated ones. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- His mouth, around which many a dimple played, was large enough to add to that manliness of expression, for which he was so celebrated. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- At Jaffa we had taken on board some forty members of a very celebrated community. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Storey, who subsequently founded the Chicago Times, and became celebrated in the newspaper world. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Celebrated sassage factory,' said Sam. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The saw itself was made by the celebrated firm of Perin & Co. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Then the telephone company gave me a dinner, and the engineers of France; and I attended the dinner celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of photography. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was near the close of the eighteenth century that Chinese firecrackers first came into use in celebrating the American Independence Day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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