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