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congratulation|kənˌgrætjʊˈleɪʃən|
[a. F. congratulation, or ad. L. congrātulātiōn-em, n. of action f. congrātulā-rī: see above.]
1. The action of congratulating; the expressing to anybody in a complimentary way gratification at his success, fortune, or happiness; felicitation.
1591Harington Orl. Fur. xxx. lxviii, Yet Gradasso's faint congratulation Makes men surmise he thinks not as he saith. 1651Hobbes Govt. & Soc. xv. §10. 244 But we then praise, and celebrate in words..by Congratulation, which supposeth happinesse. 1794Godwin Cal. Williams 19 His superiority..excited congratulation instead of envy. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. I. 5 Not of itself regarded..as any matter for congratulation. 1887T. Fowler Princ. Morals ii. ii. 94 To the act of ‘rejoicing with others’ there is no single term appropriated..The outward expression of the feeling is, however, known as congratulation.
2. (with pl.) An expression of such pleasure.
1632Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 195 Congratulations she received not as a woman in child-bed, but as a Captaine vanquissant of a battel. 1749Johnson Irene iv. vi, That fawning villain's forced congratulations. 1781Fletcher Lett. Wks. 1795 VII. 238, I thank you for your kind congratulations on my marriage.
†3. Grateful and glad acknowledgement on one's own behalf, rejoicing. Obs.
1597J. T. Serm. Paules C. 73 And then in congratulation of all three, wee yeeld thee thankesgiving. 1622Donne Serm. Lam. iv. 20. 1623 Sir R. Naunton in Fortescue Papers 193 Yet my penne..can not hold from an intire congratulation of this happie and holy day.
Hence congratuˈlational a.
1827Bentham Wks. X. 61 Half lamentational, half congratulational, rhythmical commonplaces. |