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jubilate en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈd͡ʒuːbɪleɪt/
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Etymology

Either a back-formation from jubilation, or borrowed from Latin iūbilātus, perfect passive participle of iubilō (“to shout for joy”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. To show elation or triumph; to rejoice.

Forms

Translations (7)

ar هَزَجَ (To show elation or triumph) · no juble (To show elation or triumph) · de jubeln (To show elation or triumph) · da juble (To show elation or triumph) · bg ликувам (To show elation or triumph) · bg тържествувам (To show elation or triumph) · cs jásat (To show elation or triumph)

jubilate en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin jūbilāte (“rejoice!, shout ye!”), second-person plural present active imperative of jūbilō, the first word of the psalm in Latin.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) the hundredth psalm (ninety-ninth in the Vulgate); the music to which it is set.
2. (broadly, countable) A call to rejoice, outburst of joyous triumph.
   • They […] would ſpeedily be with us in a joint jubilate on the banks of the Avon. 1769, [Henry] Brooke, “XVII [The Three Estates in Parliament.]”, in The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland, volume III:

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