Expresses pleasure and pride in someone's success or good fortune, usually by telling them how happy you are for them.
Third-person singular present tense of 'congratulate,' derived from Latin 'congratulari' (to wish joy together) in 16th-century English, originally used in formal contexts.
When you congratulate someone, you're literally wishing them joy—the 'grat' part comes from the same root as 'grace' and 'gratitude,' all connected to feeling good about something.
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