gratulate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to hail with joy; express joy at.
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to congratulate.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to greet joyously
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to congratulate
Other Word Forms
Etymology
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 -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Belf. Let us haste To gratulate his conquest. 1st Capt. We to mourn The fortune of the son.
From Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers by Anstey, F.
Upon thy sacred purple, barr'd with fire, I gratulate thee—glorious, lov'd attire!
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
To gratify the good Andronicus, And gratulate his safe return to Rome, The people will accept whom he admits.
From The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus by Shakespeare, William
This is the King, and here is the Gentleman, Which must thy comming gratulate a non, Pom.
From The Tragedy Of Caesar's Revenge by Anonymous
Haile to thee worthy Timon and to all that of his Bounties taste: the fiue best Sences acknowledge thee their Patron, and come freely to gratulate thy plentious bosome.
From Timon of Athens by Shakespeare, William
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