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▪ I. † ˈcelebrate, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 5 -at.
[ad. L. celebrāt-us, pa. pple. of celebrā-re to celebrate, f. L. celebr-em honoured by a great assembly, etc., renowned.]
1. Performed with due rites; observed with due formality; solemnly held. (Chiefly as pa. pple.; cf. celebrate v.)
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. v. in. Ashm. (1652) 148 Nor thy Conjunccion of them [be] perfytly celebrat. 1520Sir R. Elyot Will in Elyot's Gov. (1883) App. A, After hir marriage celebrate. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. cliii. 183 The same day that the fraternyte of Saynt Owen was celebrate, thenglysshmen toke the towne of Guynes. 1564Brief Exam. ***** iij, Who brought in mariages to be celebrate in Churches?
2. Extolled, celebrated.
1538Starkey England 212 Whose vertuese are celebrate in our..tempullys. 1574–7Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. (1577) 28 Numantia and Sagunto were..muche renoumed and celebrate in Spaine. 1680Hickes Spirit of Popery 35 Vicar was a most Zealous, and Celebrate Professor.
3. Consecrated, dedicated. (Cf. celebrate v. 2.)
1632W. Lithgow Totall Disc. 57 Mount Pindus, celebrate to Apollo and the Muses.
Hence † ˈcelebrateness.
1731–6in Bailey. 1775in Ash.
▪ II. celebrate, v.|ˈsɛlɪbreɪt|
[f. prec., or on analogy of vbs. so formed. See -ate3.]
(1656 Blount Glossogr., Celebrate, to frequent, to solemnize with an Assembly of men, to make famous, also to keep a festival day or other time with great solemnity. )
1. a. trans. To perform publicly and in due form (any religious ceremony, a marriage, a funeral, etc.); to hold (a church council); to solemnize.
1564(title), A godly and necessary admonition of the decrees and canons of the Council of Trent, celebrated under Pius IV. 1570T. Norton tr. Nowel's Catech. (1853) 115 What form is to be kept in celebrating the divine mysteries. 1574Life 70th Abp. Canterbury B j b, The Archbisshopp himselfe..celebratinge the holy communion. 1662Office Holy Commun., 2nd Exhort. (1844) §345, I intend, by God's grace, to celebrate the Lord's Supper. 1772Pennant Tours Scotl. (1774) 300 A couple were in pursuit of him, in order to have their nuptials celebrated. 1840Arnold Hist. Rome II. 346 Fabius celebrated his funeral, and pronounced his funeral oration.
b. absol. (with the eucharist as implied object).
1534in Picton L'pool. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 26 The foundation of John, Duke of Lancaster, to celebrate there for the soules of him and his ancestors. 1628P. Smart Vanitie Popish Cerem. 33 No side at which any Minister can stand to celebrate. 1862T. L. Kington Fredk. II, II. xvi. 349 Had forced priests to celebrate in his presence.
†c. transf. To execute, enter into (a contract; cf. Sp. celebrar un contrato); to perform (an operation; cf. quot. 1471 s.v. celebrate ppl. a.). Obs.
1592West Symbol. i. i. §13 The thing..may be in one place, and the contract celebrated and perfected in another. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xviii. 646 Bleeding must..be celebrated in an Inflammation of the parts.
†2. To consecrate by religious rites. Obs.
1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. iv. viii. 65 Virgine parchment, celebrated and holied by a popish priest.
3. To observe with solemn rites (a day, festival, season); to honour with religious ceremonies, festivities, or other observances (an event, occasion). Also absol. (see quot. 1937).
1560Bible (Genev.) Lev. xxiii. 32 From euen to euen shall ye celebrate [Wycl. halowe, Coverd. kepe] your Sabbath. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, i. vi. 14 Feast and banquet in the open streets, To celebrate the ioy that God hath giuen vs. 1672Dryden Conq. Granada i. i, With Pomp and Sports my Love I celebrate. 1697― Virg. Georg. i. 466 Celebrate the mighty Mother's Day. 1737L. Clarke Hist. Bible ix. (1840) I. 376 The Feast of Tabernacles being then celebrating. 1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. 71 The Minor Festival..is celebrated with more rejoicing than the other. 1929Randolph Enterprise (Elkins, W. Va.) 26 Sept. 3/2 [He] came over..Sunday night to celebrate a little. 1937Partridge Dict. Slang 136/1 Celebrate, v.i., to drink in honour of an event or a person; hence, to drink joyously. 1963J. T. Story Something for Nothing i. 40 It's Treasure's wedding day. Somebody's got to celebrate.
4. To make publicly known, proclaim, publish abroad.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. 1xviii. §8 Whose name..we celebrate with due honour. 1660Barrow Euclid (1714) Pref. 2 As it is commonly cited and celebrated by all men. 1738Wesley Hymn, When to the Temple ii, The stones themselves would find a Voice, To celebrate his Praise. 1795Southey Joan of Arc ix. 360 His praise the song had ceased to celebrate. 1856Bryant Hymn to Death 72 And celebrates his shame in open day.
5. To speak the praises of, extol, publish the fame of.
1611Bible Isa. xxxviii. 18 Death cannot celebrate thee. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 241 Could we Stand in his presence..to celebrate his Throne With warbl'd Hymns? 1692R. L'Estrange Josephus' Antiq. vi. vi. (1733) 139 Neither did the People forget to celebrate themselves all this while. 1712Addison Spec. No. 513 ⁋6 There is a noble Hymn in French, which Monsieur Bayle has celebrated for a very fine one. 1875Jowett Plato III. 699 He celebrated the surrounding mountains for their number and size and beauty. |