behave as expected during of holidays or rites; Keep the commandments; celebrate Christmas; Observe Yom Kippur

[ Syn: observe , keep ]

have a celebration; They were feting the patriarch of the family; After the exam, the students were celebrating

[ Syn: fete ]

assign great social importance to; The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood; The tenor was lionized in Vienna

[ Syn: lionize , lionise ]