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zombola
01-10-2016, 03:59 PM
jubilate


\ JOO-buh-leyt \ , verb;
1.
To show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.

2.
To celebrate a jubilee or joyful occasion.



Quotes:
Though this sudden setback of the plague was as welcome as it was unlooked-for, our townsfolk were in no hurry to jubilate.
-- Albert Camus, The Plague

This would enable me to jubilate like a normal person, knowing why.
-- Samuel Beckett, The Unnameable



Origin:
Jubilate derives from the Latin word jūbil- meaning "to shout."