gratulate
verb
grat·u·late ˈgra-chə-ˌlāt 
gratulated; gratulating; gratulates
transitive verb
archaic
: congratulate
gratulation
ˌgra-chə-ˈlā-shən
noun gratulatory
ˈgra-chə-lə-ˌtȯr-ē
adjective 
Word History
Etymology
Latin gratulatus, past participle of gratulari — more at congratulate
First Known Use
1566, in the meaning defined above
- southern sugar maple
- southern up
- Southern Uplands
- southern white cedar
- southern wilt
- southern yellow pine
- southern-fried
- southerner
- Southerner
- southerners
- southernest
- southernise
- southernised
- southernises
- southernising
- Southernism
- southernisms
- southernize
- southernized
- southernizes
- southernizing
- southernly
- southernmost
- southernness
- southernnesses