adj
Meaning 1
Worthy of gratulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
gratulate
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɡɹætjʊlət/
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/ˈɡɹætʃələt/
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/ˈɡɹætjʊleɪt/
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/ˈɡɹætʃəleɪt/
verb
Meaning 2
To express joy at (an event or situation).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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verb
Meaning 3
To greet, welcome, salute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Examples
- 1822, William Wordsworth, “Recovery” (Ecclesiastical Sketches/Sonnets, VII) in The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1827, Volume 3, p. 33, [...] when a storm hath ceased, the birds regain / Their cheerfulness, and busily retrim / Their nests, or chant a gratulating hymn / To the blue ether and bespangled plain;
- 1881, James Thomson, “Two Sonnets,” II, in Vane’s Story, Weddah and Om-el-Bonain, and Other Poems, London: Reeves & Turner, p. 166, Striving to sing glad songs, I but attain / Wild discords sadder than Grief’s saddest tune / As if an owl with his harsh screech should strain / To over-gratulate a thrush of June.
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History
Etymology
First attested circa 1567; borrowed from Latin grātulātus, perfect active participle of grātulor, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).