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Ärende: Frank Scheidt and his buddy Roy Witt
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 > I didn't condemn it because I know the difference between the meaning of
 > the word 'celebrate' and 'revel'... Those who complained were thinking in
 > terms of 'reveling' in the fact that there was a bomb dropped on a bunch
 > of people and they died. To celebrate that event isn't to revel in the
 > horrors of the event. A celebration is a rememberence of the event and
 > what it meant to the survivors, etc..
 >

Here are several meanings of the word Celebrate from various sources.
Aside from this, the most used meaning of the word in comman use is
the festivity meaning.    That is ALWAYS the first meaming applied.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary



celebrate
One entry found for celebrate.


Main Entry: celúeúbrate
Pronunciation: 'se-l&-"brAt
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -bratúed; -bratúing
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin celebratus, past participle of
celebrare to frequent, celebrate, from celebr-, celeber much
frequented, famous; perhaps akin to Latin celer
transitive verb
1 : to perform (a sacrament or solemn ceremony) publicly and with
appropriate rites <celebrate the mass>
2 a : to honor (as a holiday) especially by solemn ceremonies or by
refraining from ordinary business b : to mark (as an anniversary) by
festivities or other deviation from routine
3 : to hold up or play up for public notice <her poetry celebrates the
glory of nature>
intransitive verb
1 : to observe a holiday, perform a religious ceremony, or take part
in a festival
2 : to observe a notable occasion with festivities
synonym see KEEP
- celúeúbraútion  /"se-l&-'brA-sh&n/ noun
- celúeúbraútive  /'se-l&-"brA-tiv/ adjective
- celúeúbraútor  /-t&r/ noun
- celúeúbraútoúry  /-br&-"tor-E, "se-l&-'brA-t&-rE/ adjective



Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1) - Cite This Source new!
cel?e?brate  /'s?l??bre?t/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled
Pronunciation[sel-uh-breyt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
verb, -brat?ed, -brat?ing.

-verb (used with object) 1. to observe (a day) or commemorate (an
event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to
celebrate the success of a new play.
2. to make known publicly; proclaim: The newspaper celebrated the end
of the war in red headlines.
3. to praise widely or to present to widespread and favorable public
notice, as through newspapers or novels: a novel celebrating the joys
of marriage; the countryside celebrated in the novels of Hardy.
4. to perform with appropriate rites and ceremonies; solemnize: to
celebrate a marriage.
-verb (used without object) 5. to observe a day or commemorate an
event with ceremonies or festivities.
6. to perform a religious ceremony, esp. Mass or the Lord's Supper.
7. to have or participate in a party, drinking spree, or uninhibited
good time: You look like you were up celebrating all night.


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[Origin: 1425-75; late ME < L celebratus ptp. of celebrare to
solemnize, celebrate, honor, equiv. to celebr- (s. of celeber) often
repeated, famous + -atus -ate1]

-Related forms
cel?e?bra?tive, adjective
cel?e?bra?tor, cel?e?brat?er, noun
cel?e?bra?to?ry /'s?l?br??t?ri, -?to?ri, s?'l?br?-/ Pronunciation Key
- Show Spelled Pronunciation[sel-uh-bruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee,
suh-leb-ruh-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, adjective


-Synonyms 1. honor, solemnize. 3. laud, glorify, honor, applaud,
commend.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, c Random House, Inc.
2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source new! celúeúbrate
(sl-brt)  Pronunciation Key
v. celúeúbratúed, celúeúbratúing, celúeúbrates
v. tr.
To observe (a day or event) with ceremonies of respect, festivity, or
rejoicing. See Synonyms at observe.
To perform (a religious ceremony): celebrate Mass.
To extol or praise: a sonnet that celebrates love.
To make widely known; display: "a determination on the author's part
to celebrate... the offenses of another" (William H. Pritchard).

v. intr.
To observe an occasion with appropriate ceremony or festivity.
To perform a religious ceremony.
To engage in festivities: went out and celebrated after the victory.


[Middle English celebraten, from Latin celebrre, celebrt-, to
frequent, celebrate, from celeber, celebr-, frequented, famous.]
celeúbration n.
celeúbrator n.
celeúbraútory (sl-br-t“r, -tr, s-lbr-) adj.

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WordNet - Cite This Source new!
Celebrate

v 1: celebrate, as of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments";
"celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur" [syn: observe, keep] 2:
have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family";
"After the exam, the students were celebrating" [syn: fete] 3: assign
great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over
Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna" [syn: lionize, lionise]

WordNet r 2.0, c 2003 Princeton University

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