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Skriven 2006-08-27 08:54:01 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
  Kommentar till text 37535 av Joe Delahaye (49731.fidonews)
Ärende: Frank Scheidt and his buddy Roy Witt
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26 Aug 06 09:29, Joe Delahaye wrote to Roy Witt:


 >> 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..
 >>

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

Yeup. And if you'll take notice of the explanation within the ( )s, a
'solumn ceremony' would apply. Now look up the word 'revel' and get
back to us. There is quite a difference.

Thanks for making my point, Joe.


 JD> Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary



 JD> celebrate
 JD> One entry found for celebrate.


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



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

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


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 JD> -
 JD> ----------

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

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


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

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


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

 JD> (Download Now or Buy the Book) The American Heritager Dictionary of
 JD> the English Language, Fourth Edition
 JD> Copyright c 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
 JD> Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
 JD> WordNet - Cite This Source new!
 JD> Celebrate

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

 JD> WordNet r 2.0, c 2003 Princeton University

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