felicitation

Variant of felicitate

felicitate definition

fe·lici·tate (fə lis′i tāt′)

transitive verb felicitated -·tat′ed, felicitating -·tat′·ing

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

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

adjective

Obsolete made happy

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