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Celebrate

To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.

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Broader term 13

Acquit 76% connected

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Bear 76% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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Behave 76% connected

To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Comport 76% connected

To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.

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Conduct 76% connected

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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Deport 76% connected

To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

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Honor 76% connected

Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.

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Honour 76% connected

a woman's virtue or chastity

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Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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Observe 76% connected

To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or…

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Respect 76% connected

To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.

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Manner of action 11

Commemorate 76% connected

To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect…

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Jubilate 76% connected

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."

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Mourn 76% connected

To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness.

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Party 76% connected

A part or portion.

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Racket 76% connected

A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It…

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Receive 76% connected

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…

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Remember 76% connected

To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind ag…

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Revel 76% connected

See Reveal.

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Solemnize 76% connected

To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms.

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Wassail 76% connected

An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.

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Derivationally related 6

Celebrant 74% connected

One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his as…

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Celebrant 74% connected

One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his as…

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Celebration 74% connected

The act, process, or time of celebrating.

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Celebration 74% connected

The act, process, or time of celebrating.

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Lion 74% connected

A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different coun…

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Lion 74% connected

A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different coun…

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Synonym 4

Fete 92% connected

A feat.

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Keep 92% connected

To care; to desire.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lionize 92% connected

To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Observe 92% connected

To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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