JUBILIZE VERB 1. to jubilate, to rejoice, to exult ...1650 2. to celebrate a jubilee ...1814 ETYMOLOGY from Latin jūbilum (shout, and later, joyful shout), or English jubile (referring to Latin jūbilum or medieval Latin jūbilus (exultant shout) + -ize FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1650 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Let us Jubilize for so high and signall a blessing, let us triumph for so glorious a victory, let us give heaven due thanks for so dear a trophy; thundring upon this blessed occasion..." From: An Exact Historie of the Late Revolutions in Naples, and of their Monstrous Successes, not to be parallel'd by any Antient or Modern History - Alexander Giraffi Translated by James Howell
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