† reˈgratulate, v. Obs.
[re- 2 a.]
1. trans. To return, make return for, repay.
| 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado (1878) 8 They'le afterward Regratulate thy loue (paying th' old skore). 1628 Feltham Resolves i. lxviii. 63 Oh! how should we regratulate his fauours for so immense a benefit..? |
2. To make a return to, gratify in return.
| 1621 G. Sandys Ovid's Met. xiii. (1626) 266 Proue not so ingrate. With slaine Polixena regratulate Our Sepulcher: 'tis she I couet most. |