Usually means: Express congratulations or praise formally.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. gratulate: Merriam-Webster
  2. gratulate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. gratulate: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gratulate: Wordnik
  5. gratulate: Wiktionary
  6. gratulate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. gratulate: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Gratulate, gratulate: Dictionary.com
  9. Gratulate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. gratulate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Gratulate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. gratulate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. gratulate: FreeDictionary.org
  14. gratulate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gratulate)

▸ verb:  (archaic) To express joy at (an event or situation).
▸ verb:  (archaic) To greet, welcome, salute.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Worthy of gratulation.

Similar:
felicitate, congratulate, commend, celebrate, Jubilate, self-congratulate, jubilize, recongratulate, rejoice, elate, more...

Opposite:
condemn, criticize, denounce, censure

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Similar:
felicitate, congratulate, commend, celebrate, Jubilate, self-congratulate, jubilize, recongratulate, rejoice, elate, more...

Opposite:
condemn, criticize, denounce, censure



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