Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Celebrate (-d, -s)
celebrate (-d, -s), v. [L. celebr-em, honored by a great assembly, renowned.] (webplay: mention).
- Commemorate; observe with feasting; mark with festivities; remember with rejoicing.
- Perform; participate in; observe the holiness of; hold a ceremony for; [fig.] chant; sing; make sacred funeral music for.
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