gratulate
verb (used with object)
to hail with joy; express joy at.
gratulatory
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a word derived from
gratulate.
Example Sentences
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The learned men of past centuries have left us an example of this treatment of authors, in those gratulatory verses with which they were wont to hail every considerable literary or scientific performance.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 by Various
Then came a personal interview of a gratulatory nature, in which Taylor promised to invite Mr. Milliken to the Table as soon as a vacancy occurred.
From The History of "Punch" by M. H. (Marion Harry) Spielmann
Reassured, they had nodded approval and exchanged gratulatory glances.
From Anthony Lyveden by Dornford Yates
Dear Mrs. Bell, Your most kind gratulatory note deserved an answer more gratefully prompt than this.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by Henry James
It read, "All local papers out highly gratulatory references your efforts to punish guilty parties."
From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
