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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Felicitate

/fəl-ĭs'-ĭt-ātˌ/ · Fe·lic·i·tate · IPA /fəlˈɪsɪtˌeɪt/
01 a. Made very happy.
  1. 1.
    Made very happy.[Archaic]
    “I am alone felicitate In your dear highness' love.” Shak.
02 v. t. To make very happy; to delight.
imp. & p. p. Felicitated; p. pr. & vb. n. felicitating
  1. 1.
    To make very happy; to delight.
    “What a glorious entertainment and pleasure would fill and felicitate his spirit.” I. Watts.
  2. 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.