ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ING2.] That congratulates. Hence Congratulatingly.

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1651.  Howell, Venice, 130. The congratulating Ambassadors flock to S. Mark.

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1769.  Goldsm., Roman Hist. (1786), II. 262. Surrounded by congratulating multitudes.

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1855.  Doran, Queens Eng., I. viii. 377. The Duke of Newcastle congratulatingly hugged Hulse, on his having saved the Queen’s life.

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