celebrate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: celebrate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for celebrate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
celebrate v behave as expected during of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur" Synonym(s): observe, celebrate, keep have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" Synonym(s): celebrate, fete assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna" Synonym(s): lionize, lionise, celebrate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Celebrate \Cel"ebrate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Celebrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Celebrating}.] [L. celebratus, p. p. of celebrare to frequent, to celebrate, fr. celeber famous.] 1. To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate* the name of the Most High. 2. 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. From even unto even shall ye celebrate your Sabbath. --Lev. xxiii. 32. 3. To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage. Syn: To commemorate; distinguish; honor. Usage: To {Celebrate}, {Commemorate}. We commemorate events which we desire to keep in remembrance, when we recall them by some special observace; as, to commemorate the death of our Savior. We celebrate by demonstrations of joy or solemnity or by appropriate ceremonies; as, to celebrate the birthday of our Independence. We are called upon to commemorate a revolution as surprising in its manner as happy in its consequences. --Atterbury. Earth, water, air, and fire, with feeling glee, Exult to celebrate thy festival. --Thomson.