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Celebrate   /sˈɛləbrˌeɪt/   Listen
Celebrate

verb
(past & past part. celebrated; pres. part. celebrating)
1.
Behave as expected during of holidays or rites.  Synonyms: keep, observe.  "Celebrate Christmas" , "Observe Yom Kippur"
2.
Have a celebration.  Synonym: fete.  "After the exam, the students were celebrating"
3.
Assign great social importance to.  Synonyms: lionise, lionize.  "The tenor was lionized in Vienna"






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"Celebrate" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the Latins who did not forget to celebrate the shining of the nails although they did not Henna them like Easterns. Some, however, have suggested that alludes to ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 4 • Richard F. Burton

... ripening future holds a time For things unsaid; Not now; men do not celebrate in rhyme Their ...
— The Little Book of Modern Verse • Jessie B. Rittenhouse

... the garden. The servants which belong to thee will bring various vessels and beer of all kinds. Come, let us celebrate this night and the dawn which will follow it. In my shadow, in the shadow of the fig, giving sweet fruit, thy lover will rest at thy right hand; and Thou wilt give him to drink and consent to ...
— The Pharaoh and the Priest - An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt • Boleslaw Prus

... Burman said. "We do not know whether it will be the night before, or the night after. The soothsayers say both will be fortunate nights; and the Invulnerables will then assault the pagoda, and sweep the barbarians away. The princes and woongees will celebrate the great annual festival there, ...
— On the Irrawaddy - A Story of the First Burmese War • G. A. Henty

... liberty of conscience; that is, they were not to be punished for their religious faith. In certain designated places they were permitted to hold public worship. The highest lords of the Protestant faith could celebrate divine service in their castles. Nobles of the second rank could have private worship, provided but thirty persons attended. Protestants were declared to be eligible to offices of state, their children were to be admitted to the public schools, their sick to the hospitals, and their ...
— Louis XIV., Makers of History Series • John S. C. Abbott


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