felicitate

Felicitate is defined as to praise or wish happiness to someone.

(verb)

An example of felicitate is congratulating a newly-married couple on their wedding day.

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See felicitate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb felicitated, felicitating

  1. Archaic to make happy
  2. to wish happiness to; congratulate

Origin: < L felicitatus, pp. of felicitare, to make happy < felix: see felicific

adjective

Obsolete made happy

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See felicitate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb fe·lic·i·tat·ed, fe·lic·i·tat·ing, fe·lic·i·tates
  1. To offer congratulations to: “I felicitate you on your memory, sir” (John Fowles).
  2. Archaic To make happy.
adjective
Obsolete
Made happy.

Origin:

Origin: Late Latin fēlīcitāre, fēlīcitāt-, to make happy

Origin: , from fēlīx, fēlīc-, fortunate; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • fe·licˈi·taˌtor noun

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