congoeel (konggoel)

[Corrupted from conger-col.] In the southern United States, an amphibian of the family Sirenida, Siren lacer tina. See Siren. counsellor England, ships congratulated tion with a volley of great shot. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 222. To congratulate one's self, to have a lively sense of one's good fortune in some particular; rejoice or exult over some favorable fact or circumstance. =Syn. Congratu late, Felicitate. See congratulation. II.t in trans. To expre or feel sympathetic gratification: followed by with or, formerly, to . He... addre ed a letter to Governor Bradford, dated October 4th, desiring him to afford "the easiest means, that I may with least wearine come to congratulate with you." Quoted in Bradford's Plymouth Plantation, p. 233, note. I cannot but congratulate with my country, which hath outdone all Europe in advancing conversation. Swift . congratulation (kon-grat-u-lā'shon), n. [F. congratulation = Sp. congratulacion = Pg. con gratulação = It. congratulazione , congratu latio (n-), congratulari , congratulate: see con gratulate.] The act of congratulating, or expre ing to a person gratification or good wishes at his succe or happine , or on account of an event deemed auspicious; words used in congratulating; felicitation. IMG:content-1064.png:[blocks in formation] =Syn. Congratulation, Felicitation. Congratulation, like its verb congratulate, implies an actual feeling of pleasure in another's happine or good fortune; while felicita tion (with felicitate ) rather refers to the expre ion on our part of a belief that the other is fortunate, felicitations being complimentary expre ions intended to make the fortunate person well pleased with himself. Felicitations are little better than compliments: con gratulations are the expre ion of a genuine sympathy and joy. Trench,