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Congratulate

//kənˈɡɹæt͡ʃ.ʊˌleɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for

    "Remind me to congratulate Dave and Lisa on their wedding."

  2. 2
    say something to someone that expresses praise wordnet
  3. 3
    To consider oneself fortunate in some matter. reflexive

    "I congratulated myself on the success of my plan."

  4. 4
    express congratulations wordnet
  5. 5
    pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement wordnet
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  1. 6
    be proud of wordnet

Etymology

First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin congrātulātus, the perfect active participle of Latin grātulor (“to wish joice, rejoice (with); to congratulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- + grātulor, from grātus (“grateful, pleasing, agreeable, beloved”) + -or. By surface analysis, con- + gratulate.

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