felicitate

[ fi-lis-i-teyt ]

/ fɪˈlɪs ɪˌteɪt /

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verb (used with object), fe·lic·i·tat·ed, fe·lic·i·tat·ing.

to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.

Archaic. to make happy.

adjective

Obsolete. made happy.

Origin of felicitate

1595–1605; < Late Latin fēlīcitātus made happy (past participle of fēlīcitāre). See felicity, -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM felicitate

fe·lic·i·ta·tor, noun un·fe·lic·i·tat·ed, adjective un·fe·lic·i·tat·ing, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH felicitate

facile facilitate facility felicitate

Words nearby felicitate

feldspathic, feldspathoid, felice, felicia, felicific, felicitate, felicitation, felicitations, felicitous, felicity, felid

Example sentences from the Web for felicitate

He listened with exemplary patience to my brief recital and was good enough to felicitate me.

Ruggles of Red Gap |Harry Leon Wilson
On the other hand, there were some mendicants whose utmost efforts I even now felicitate myself on having withstood.

Our Old Home, Vol. 2 |Nathaniel Hawthorne
Est demum vera felicitas, felicitate dignum videri—True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.

Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources |James Wood
After the concert Beethovens friends, as was natural, came together to exchange comments and felicitate him.

The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3) |Alexander Wheelock Thayer

And indeed in this particular the Typees had ample reason to felicitate themselves, for sickness was almost unknown.

Typee |Herman Melville

British Dictionary definitions for felicitate

felicitate

/ (fɪˈlɪsɪˌteɪt) /

verb

to wish joy to; congratulate

Derived forms of felicitate

felicitator, noun

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felicitate

verb (used with object), fe·lic·i·tat·ed, fe·lic·i·tat·ing.

adjective

Origin of felicitate

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British Dictionary definitions for felicitate

verb

Derived forms of felicitate

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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felicitate

verb (used with object), fe·lic·i·tat·ed, fe·lic·i·tat·ing.

adjective

Origin of felicitate

OTHER WORDS FROM felicitate

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH felicitate

Words nearby felicitate

Words related to felicitate

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