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Felicitate v. t. (past & past part. felicitated; pres. part. felicitating)

To make very happy; to delight. "What a glorious entertainment and pleasure would fill and felicitate his spirit."

To express joy or pleasure to; to wish felicity to; to call or consider (one's self) happy; to congratulate. "Every true heart must felicitate itself that its lot is cast in this kingdom."

Synonyms: See Congratulate.

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Etymology of 'Felicitate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Felicitate" Quotes from Famous Books

... said she to the woodcutters, "fear nothing. From henceforth no more dangerous animals than these shall trouble you. But I owe you a still greater recompense; lead me to your father; I wish to felicitate him on the generosity and bravery of ...

— The Fairy Book - The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew • Dinah Maria Mulock (AKA Miss Mulock)

... isn't it? I am glad to hear Septimus is so much improved. I beg you will felicitate him from me: I have a tacit regard of the true sort for him, as I think I must have for all of the Tennyson build. I see so many little natures about that I must draw to the large, even if their faults be on the same scale as their virtues. You and I shall I suppose quarrel as often as we meet: ...

— Letters of Edward FitzGerald - in two volumes, Vol. 1 • Edward FitzGerald

... too, comes in every morning, and remains half the day, teasing her to play, to talk, or sing. Inconsiderate Clarence! when she has so much on her mind; and when at last he goes, and she begins to felicitate herself that she is rid of him, back he comes again in the evening, and repeats the same annoyance. O, naughty, tiresome, Clarence! how can you plague little Birdie so? Perhaps you think she doesn't dislike it; you may be right, very likely ...

— The Garies and Their Friends • Frank J. Webb

Words linked to "Felicitate" : felicity, felicitation, wish, congratulate, bid