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Vinony

felicitate

verb

  1. to compliment upon a happy event
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From Latin fēlicitātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

  1. Made very happy.

    “I am alone felicitate / In your dear highness' love.”

verb

Etymology: From Latin fēlicitātus, perfect passive participle of fēlīcitō (“to felicitate”) (from fēlīx (“happy”)), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French féliciter.

  1. To congratulate.

    “[…]we contemplate death under quite a different aspect;—creating in us such sweet influences of joy, that our beloved brethren, under one common Father, have attained what we ought all to be in search of, the heavenly goal, that rather than repine at this their advancement, we sincerely felicitate them.”

    “[…] he waddled to the platform, bowed as low as his belly would permit, and was duly decorated and felicitated […]”