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felicitate

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fe⋅lic⋅i⋅tate

  [fi-lis-i-teyt] verb, -tat⋅ed, -tat⋅ing, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
2. Archaic. to make happy.
–adjective
3. Obsolete. made happy.
Origin:
1595–1605; < LL fēlīcitātus made happy (ptp. of fēlīcitāre). See felicity, -ate 1

Related forms:
fe⋅lic⋅i⋅ta⋅tor, noun
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fe·lic·i·tate   (fĭ-lĭs'ĭ-tāt')   
tr.v.   fe·lic·i·tat·ed, fe·lic·i·tat·ing, fe·lic·i·tates

  1. To offer congratulations to: "I felicitate you on your memory, sir" (John Fowles).

  2. Archaic To make happy.

adj.   Obsolete
Made happy.

[Late Latin fēlīcitāre, fēlīcitāt-, to make happy, from fēlīx, fēlīc-, fortunate; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]
fe·lic'i·ta'tor n.
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