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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: celebrate a jubilee
2: to express great joy; "Who cannot exult in Spring?" [syn: exuberate, exult, rejoice, triumph, jubilate]

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: Latin jubilatus, past participle of jubilare; akin to Middle High German j? (exclamation of joy), Greek iyg? shout Date: circa 1641 rejoice <too dispassionate to jubilate — Cynthia Ozick>

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin, 2d person plural imperative of jubilare Date: 1549 1. a. the 100th Psalm in the Authorized Version b. not capitalized a joyous song or outburst 2. the third Sunday after Easter

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. exult; be joyful. Derivatives: jubilation n. Etymology: L jubilare (as JUBILANT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jubilate Ju`bi*la"te, n. [L., imperat. of jubilare to shout for joy.] 1. The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the words, ``Jubilate Deo.'' 2. A name of the 100th Psalm; -- so called from its opening word in the Latin version.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jubilate Ju"bi*late, v. i. [L. jubilatus, p. p. of jubilare.] To exult; to rejoice. [R.] --De Quincey.

Moby Thesaurus

beat the drum, blow the trumpet, caper, caracole, carol, celebrate, chirp, chirrup, clap hands, commemorate, crow, crow over, dance, delight, dress ship, exult, fire a salute, frisk, frolic, gambol, gloat, gloat over, glory, hallow, hold jubilee, honor, joy, jubilize, keep, lilt, maffick, make merry, mark, memorialize, observe, rejoice, revel, rollick, romp, signalize, sing, skip, skip for joy, solemnize, solemnly mark, sound a fanfare, triumph, whistle