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congratulate

verb
/kənˈɡɹæt͡ʃ.ʊˌleɪt//kənˈɡɹæd͡ʒ.ʊˌleɪt/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from congrātulor
  2. borrowed from congrātulātus

Definitions

  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.
    • We must congratulate Dave and Lisa on getting married.
    • Ronaldo Sr., who is the record goalscorer in men’s international soccer with 136 goals for Portugal, congratulated his son on his Instagram Stories by posting a picture of his name on the squad list, saying: “Proud of you, son!”

  2. To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.

    • I congratulated myself on the success of my plan.

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Derived

congratulable, congratulant, congratulating, congratulative, congratulator, congratulatory, recongratulate, self-congratulate, uncongratulated, uncongratulating

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at congratulate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at congratulate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at congratulate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA