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单词 celebrative
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celebrativeadj.

Brit. /ˈsɛləbrətɪv/, /ˈsɛləbreɪtɪv/, U.S. /ˈsɛləˌbreɪdɪv/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: celebrate v., -ive suffix.
Etymology: < celebrate v. + -ive suffix.
Serving to celebrate something; of, relating to, or characterized by celebration; celebratory.
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1809 Monthly Rev. Nov. 335 The National Jubilee, celebrative of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Reign of George the Third.
1834 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 35 707 Walking in..procession on the day celebrative of Reform.
1959 Listener 8 Jan. 80/1 There is little twentieth-century art in any medium that is celebrative in this sense.
1961 D. Holbrook Eng. for Maturity 45 Our essential cultural experiences are not celebrative, they are, rather, onanistic.
2013 Irish News (Nexis) 27 Sept. 78 We want to create a celebrative atmosphere on race day.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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