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ju⋅bi⋅late

[joo-buh-leyt]

–verb (used without object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.

1.	to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.

2.	to celebrate a jubilee or joyful occasion.

Origin:
1595–1605; < L jūbilātus (ptp. of jūbilāre to shout for joy), equiv. to jūbil- shout + -ātus -ate ¹

Related forms:

ju⋅bi⋅la⋅to⋅ry [joo-buh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

, adjective

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[joo-buh-ley-tee; yoo-buh-lah-tey, -tee, joo-]

–noun

1.	Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.

2.	a musical setting of this psalm.

Origin:
1700–10; < L jūbilāte shout ye for joy

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ju·bi·late (jōō'bə-lāt')

intr.v. ju·bi·lat·ed, ju·bi·lat·ing, ju·bi·lates
To rejoice; exult.

[Latin iūbilāre, iūbilāt-, to raise a shout of joy.]

Ju·bi·la·te (yōō'bə-lä'tā, -tē, jōō'-)

1. The 100th Psalm in the King James Bible and in most modern Catholic versions or the 99th in the Vulgate.
2. A musical setting of the Jubilate.
The third Sunday after Easter.
A song or an outburst of joy and triumph.

[Middle English, from Latin iūbilāte, second person pl. imperative of iūbilāre, to raise a shout of joy, the first word of the psalm.]

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