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Felicitate

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Made very happy. archaic

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

Verb
  1. 1
    To congratulate. transitive

    "[…]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."

  2. 2
    express congratulations wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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