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gratulating

gratulating is the present participle and gerund of gratulate.

Meaning of gratulate

Verb

gratulate (third-person singular simple present gratulates, present participle gratulating, simple past and past participle gratulated)

  1. (archaic) To express joy at (an event or situation).
    • To gratify the good Andronicus, / And gratulate his safe return to Rome, / The people will accept whom he admits.c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. (archaic) To greet, welcome, salute.
    • Queen Elizabeth. […] Whither away? / Lady Anne. No farther than the Tower; and, as I guess, / Upon the like devotion as yourselves, / To gratulate the gentle princes there.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Questions about gratulating

What is gratulating the present participle and gerund of?
Gratulating is the present participle and gerund of gratulate.

Words near gratulating in the dictionary

  1. gratuity
  2. gratulant
  3. gratulate
  4. gratulated
  5. gratulates
  6. gratulating
  7. gratulation
  8. gratulations
  9. gratulatorily
  10. gratulatory
  11. gratz

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