gratulate
[ grach-uh-leyt ]
/ ˈgrætʃ əˌleɪt /
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verb (used with object), grat·u·lat·ed, grat·u·lat·ing.
to hail with joy; express joy at.
to congratulate.
verb (used without object), grat·u·lat·ed, grat·u·lat·ing.
to express joy.
Nearby words
grattoir, gratuitous, gratuitous contract, gratuity, gratulant, gratulate, gratulation, graubünden, grauer's gorilla, graunch, graupel
Origin of gratulate
1550–60; < Latin grātulātus (past participle of grātulārī to express joy), equivalent to grātul- express joy, congratulate, thank (derivative of grātus pleasing) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
grat·u·la·to·ri·ly [grach-uh-luh-tawr-uh-lee, -tohr-] /ˈgrætʃ ə ləˌtɔr ə li, -ˌtoʊr-/, adverbgrat·u·la·to·ry, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for gratulate
And now let me gratulate you upon the renovated vigor of your fine old friends the Russians.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 (of 10)|John Gibson Lockhart.Much joy I hope you'l find, we came to gratulate your new knit marriage-band.
Wit Without Money|Francis BeaumontThere was ironic fatality in the accident which checked this tide of gratulate reflection.
Joan Thursday|Louis Joseph VanceThese Letters do gratulate and remembre the ioy of the disciple for hauinge sutch a maister.
The Palace of Pleasure|William Painter
British Dictionary definitions for gratulate
gratulate
/ (ˈɡrætjʊˌleɪt) /
verb (tr) archaic
to greet joyously
to congratulate
Derived Forms
gratulant, adjectivegratulation, noungratulatory, adjectiveWord Origin for gratulate
C16: from Latin grātulārī, from grātus pleasing
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