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congratulatory

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con⋅grat⋅u⋅la⋅to⋅ry

  [kuhn-grach-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee or, often, -graj-, kuhng-]
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–adjective
expressing or conveying congratulations: a congratulatory telegram.
Origin:
1515–25; < ML congrātulātōrius, equiv. to L congrātulā(rī) (see congratulate ) + -tōrious -tory 1
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con·grat·u·late   (kən-grāch'ə-lāt', -grāj'-, kəng-)   
tr.v.   con·grat·u·lat·ed, con·grat·u·lat·ing, con·grat·u·lates
To express joy or acknowledgment, as for the achievement or good fortune of (another).

[Latin congrātulārī, congrātulāt- : com-, com- + grātulārī, to rejoice (from grātus, pleasing; see gwerə-2 in Indo-European roots).]
con·grat'u·la'tor n., con·grat'u·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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