verb (used with object),con·grat·u·lat·ed,con·grat·u·lat·ing.
to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
Archaic. to express sympathetic joy or satisfaction at (an event).
Obsolete. to salute.
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1540–50; <Latin congrātulātus, past participle of congrātulārī.See congratulant, -ate1
OTHER WORDS FROM congratulate
con·grat·u·la·tor,nounpre·con·grat·u·late,verb (used with object),pre·con·grat·u·lat·ed,pre·con·grat·u·lat·ing.un·con·grat·u·lat·ed,adjectiveun·con·grat·u·lat·ing,adjective
“I have called Sara Jacobs to congratulate her and I stand ready to work with her to advance just policies that will benefit working families and ensure that our recovery from this pandemic leaves no one behind,” Gómez wrote, in a press release.