jubilate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb celebrate a jubilee
  2. verb to express great joy
    exuberate; rejoice; exult; triumph.
    • Who cannot exult in Spring?

WordNet


Ju`bi*la"te noun
Etymology
L., imperat. of jubilare to shout for joy.
Definitions
  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.
Ju"bi*late intransitive verb
Etymology
L. jubilatus, p. p. of jubilare.
Definitions
  1. To exult; to rejoice. R. De Quincey.

Webster 1913