Definition of Felicitate

1. Verb. Express congratulations.

Exact synonyms: Congratulate
Generic synonyms: Bid, Wish
Derivative terms: Congratulation, Congratulation, Congratulatory, Felicitation, Felicitation, Felicity

Definition of Felicitate

1. a. Made very happy.

2. v. t. To make very happy; to delight.

Definition of Felicitate

1. Verb. (transitive) To congratulate. ¹

2. Adjective. (archaic) Made very happy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Felicitate

1. [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES]

Medical Definition of Felicitate

1. 1. To make very happy; to delight. "What a glorius 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) Synonym: See Congratulate. Origin: Cf. F. Feliciter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Felicitate

feldspars
feldspath
feldspathic
feldspathoid
feldspathoids
feldspathose
feldspaths
fele
felefold
felicias
felicidal
felicide
felicific
felicific calculus
felicifically
felicitate (current term)
felicitated
felicitates
felicitating
felicitation
felicitations
felicitator
felicitators
felicities
felicitous
felicitously
felicitousness
felicity
felid
felidomancy

Literary usage of Felicitate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1828)
"... in Historia Naturali, et Experimentis magna et crebra et continua fuerint errata illa milla ingénu aut artis felicitate corrigi aut ..."

2. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1829)
"... idque felicitate, ac deorum ¡ml/us quam arla auxilio If, however, I might digress for a moment, one variety of Inflammation, namely, that of the inner ..."

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