Gratulate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡɹætjʊleɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Gratulate is a verb meaning (archaic) To express joy at (an event or situation).
Meaning
(archaic) To express joy at (an event or situation).
More Meanings
- (archaic) To greet, welcome, salute.
- (obsolete) Worthy of gratulation.
Example Sentences
[H]is friends and neareſt companions, / Did gratulate his ſafetie with kinde words, […]
Thanks, good friend Escalus, for thy much goodness: There’s more behind that is more gratulate.
To gratify the good Andronicus, / And gratulate his safe return to Rome, / The people will accept whom he admits.
Queen Elizabeth. […] Whither away? / Lady Anne. No farther than the Tower; and, as I guess, / Upon the like devotion as yourselves, / To gratulate the gentle princes there.
Word Forms
- gratulates
- gratulating
- gratulated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include felicitate, congratulate, commend, celebrate, jubilate, self-congratulate.
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