transitive. To perform or observe (a ceremony, rite, etc.). Now rare and chiefly Freemasonry (cf. sense 1c(b)).

transitive. To do, carry out, or execute formally or solemnly (a public function, ceremony, rite, etc.). Also in figurative context.

spec. To perform, celebrate (ceremonies, religious service). Obsolete.

To hold, observe, perform, †proclaim, etc., with some amount of ceremony or formality.

To perform (a ceremony).

transferred. To mount or put on (a spectacle). Also, to effect (a recovery); to stage a comeback: see to make (also stage) a comeback at comeback, n.2…