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Celebrate

//ˈsɛl.ɪ.bɹeɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To extol or honour in a solemn manner. transitive

    "to celebrate the name of the Most High"

  2. 2
    assign great social importance to wordnet
  3. 3
    To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly. transitive

    "to celebrate a birthday"

  4. 4
    have a celebration wordnet
  5. 5
    To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event. intransitive, transitive

    "I was promoted today at work—let’s celebrate!"

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  1. 6
    behave as expected during holidays or rites wordnet
  2. 7
    To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to perform with appropriate rites. transitive

    "to celebrate a marriage"

Etymology

From Middle English celebraten, from celebrat(e) (“celebrated”, also used as the past participle of celebraten) + -en, borrowed from Latin celebrātus, perfect passive participle of celebrō (“frequent, go to in great numbers, celebrate, honor, praise”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from celeber (“frequented, populous”). Displaced native Old English fæġnian.

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