congratulate

congratulate is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] 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. Shak. To congratulate one`s self, to rejoice; to feel satisfaction; to consider one`s self happy or fortunate.

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