jubilate
English
Etymology 1
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).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːbɪleɪt/
- Hyphenation: ju‧bi‧late
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Verb
jubilate (third-person singular simple present jubilates, present participle jubilating, simple past and past participle jubilated)
Translations
To show elation or triumph
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin jūbilāte (“rejoice!, shout ye!”), second-person plural present active imperative of jūbilō, the first word of the psalm in Latin.
Noun
jubilate (countable and uncountable, plural jubilates)
- (Christianity, uncountable) the hundredth psalm (ninety-ninth in the Vulgate); the music to which it is set. [from 1706]
- (by extension, countable) A call to rejoice, outburst of joyous triumph. [from 1769]
- 1769, [Henry] Brooke, “XVII [The Three Estates in Parliament.]”, in The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland, volume III:
- They […] would ſpeedily be with us in a joint jubilate on the banks of the Avon.
Related terms
Latin
Verb
jūbilāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of jūbilō
Spanish
Verb
jubilate