Definition of Celebrates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of celebrate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Celebrates

1. celebrate [v] - See also: celebrate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Celebrates

celadon
celadonite
celadons
celandine
celandine poppy
celandines
celatone
celeb
celebrant
celebrants
celebrate
celebrated
celebratedly
celebratedness
celebrater
celebrates (current term)
celebrating
celebration
celebrations
celebrator
celebratorily
celebrators
celebratory
celebrealities
celebreality
celebretard
celebretards
celebrification
celebrious

Literary usage of Celebrates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1826)
"I was much pleased to find myself with Johnson at Greenwich, which he celebrates in his London as a favourite scene. I had the poem in my pocket, ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"Strype), celebrates his successful yet extinct, between French and 1 pursuit of alí the sciences, and calls him ' Dei mathematicians. ..."

3. An Index of Dates: Comprehending the Principal Facts in the Chronology and by J. Willoughby Rosse, John Blair (1858)
"... and begins his cruelties ; consul XII, 86—pays the Dacians a large sum of money to retire; consul XIII, 87— celebrates the secular games, ..."

4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"\Ve apprehend, from the appearance of the type, that it is not so old as the event it celebrates by twenty or thirty years. It opens then spiritedly: ..."

5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1862)
"... stronger than the love of truth, and that the Pilgrim Society has rescinded its vote, and again celebrates the 22d of December. A LETTER FROM THE REV. ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1908)
"The Greek Church celebrates the feast of Saints Cosmas and Damián on 1 July, 17 October, and 1 November, and venerates three pairs of saints of the same ..."

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