Dictionary entry

Felicitate (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fe‐lic″i‐tate (?), v. 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.

Every true heart must felicitate itself that its lot is cast in this kingdom. W. Howitt.

Syn. — See Congratulate.