celebrate
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[sel-uh-breyt] 
verb, -brat⋅ed, -brat⋅ing.
cel⋅e⋅brate
[sel-uh-breyt] verb, -brat⋅ed, -brat⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to celebrate the success of a new play. |
| 2. | to make known publicly; proclaim: The newspaper celebrated the end of the war in red headlines. |
| 3. | to praise widely or to present to widespread and favorable public notice, as through newspapers or novels: a novel celebrating the joys of marriage; the countryside celebrated in the novels of Hardy. |
| 4. | to perform with appropriate rites and ceremonies; solemnize: to celebrate a marriage. |
| 5. | to observe a day or commemorate an event with ceremonies or festivities. |
| 6. | to perform a religious ceremony, esp. Mass or the Lord's Supper. |
| 7. | to have or participate in a party, drinking spree, or uninhibited good time: You look like you were up celebrating all night. |
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < L celebrātus ptp. of celebrāre to solemnize, celebrate, honor, equiv. to celebr- (s. of celeber) often repeated, famous + -ātus -ate 1
1425–75; late ME < L celebrātus ptp. of celebrāre to solemnize, celebrate, honor, equiv. to celebr- (s. of celeber) often repeated, famous + -ātus -ate 1
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