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† reˈgratulate, v. Obs. [re- 2 a.] 1. trans. To return, make return for, repay.
1615R. Brathwait Strappado (1878) 8 They'le afterward Regratulate thy loue (paying th' old skore). 1628Feltham Resolves i. lxviii. 63 Oh! how should we regratulate his fauours for so immense a benefit..? 2. To make a return to, gratify in return.
1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. xiii. (1626) 266 Proue not so ingrate. With slaine Polixena regratulate Our Sepulcher: 'tis she I couet most. |