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Webster 1913 Edition


Felicitate

Fe-lic′i-tate

,
Adj.
[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.
Shakespeare

Fe-lic′i-tate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Felicitated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
felicitating
.]
[Cf. F.
féliciter
.]
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.
Syn. – See
Congratulate
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Felicitate

FELIC'ITATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. felicito, from felix, happy.]
1.
To make very happy.
What a glorious entertainment and pleasure would fill and felicitate his spirit, if he could grasp all in a single survey.
More generally,
2.
To congratulate; to express joy or pleasure to. We felicitate our friends on the acquisition of good, or an escape from evil.

FELIC'ITATE

,
Adj.
Made very happy.