Hypertext Webster Gateway: "felicitate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Felicitate \Fe*lic"i*tate\, a. [L. felicitatus, p. p. of
felicitare to felicitate, fr. felix, -icis, happy. See
{felicity}.]
Made very happy. [Archaic]
I am alone felicitate In your dear highness' love.
--Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Felicitate \Fe*lic"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Felicitated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {felicitating}.] [Cf. F. f['e]liciter.]
1. To make very happy; to delight.
What a glorious entertainment and pleasure would
fill and felicitate his spirit. --I. Watts.
2. 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. --W. Howitt.
Syn: See {Congratulate}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
felicitate
v : express congratulations [syn: {congratulate}]
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