congratulate

[Con*grat·u*late]

When you congratulate someone, you give that person praise or maybe even a party to congratulate him or her on a job well done.

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To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.

Verb
say something to someone that expresses praise; "He complimented her on her last physics paper"

Verb
express congratulations

Verb
pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

Verb
be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school"

v. t.
To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.

v. i.
To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country.

Congratulate

Con*grat"u*late , v. t. [imp. & p.p. Congratulated; p.pr. & vb.n. Congratulating.] [L. congratulatus, p.p. of congratulari to wish joy abundantly; con- + gratulari to wish joy, from gratus pleasing. See Grateful.] To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.

It is the king's most sweet pleasure and affection to congratulate the princess at her pavilion.

To congratulate one's self, to rejoice; to feel satisfaction; to consider one's self happy or fortunate. Syn. -- To Congratulate, Felicitate. To felicitate is simply to wish a person joy. To congratulate has the additional signification of uniting in the joy of him whom we congratulate. Hence they are by no means synonymous. One who has lost the object of his affections by her marriage to a rival, might perhaps felicitate that rival on his success, but could never be expected to congratulate him on such an event.

Felicitations are little better than compliments; congratulations are the expression of a genuine sympathy and joy.

Congratulate

Con*grat"u*late, v. i. To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country. [R.] Swift.

The subjects of England may congratulate to themselves.

To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.

To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country.

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Usage Examples

Just two weeks ago, millions of Iraqis defied the threats of terrorists and went to the polls to determine their own future. I congratulate the Iraqi people for the courage they've shown in making these elections so successful.

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Other Usage Examples

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream it may be so the moment after death.