transitive. To make glad. Hence to welcome (a person); also, to congratulate (const. of).

To give or wish (a person) joy of something; to congratulate. Const. of (in). Obsolete.

To address (a person) with expressions of joy or satisfaction on an occasion considered fortunate; ‘to compliment upon any happy event’ (Johnson)…

To express joy or satisfaction to (a person) on a happy event; to compliment, felicitate; = congratulate, v. 4. Const. on, upon, †in.

To reckon or pronounce happy or fortunate; to congratulate. Now only with object a person. Const. on, upon.

To congratulate formally (up)on; to felicitate.

transitive. To strike or smack (a person or thing) smartly, esp. with the open hand or with something having a flat surface; to hit (one) on, upon…