Bible Dictionaries
Congratulate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.

(2):

(v. i.) To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Congratulate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/congratulate.html. 1828.