fe·lic·i·tate (f
-ls
-t
t
)
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 f
l
citre, flcitt-, to make happy, from flx, flc-, fortunate; see dh(i)- in Indo-European roots.]
fe·lici·tator n.
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felicitate – express congratulations
bid, wish – invoke upon; “wish you a nice evening”; “bid farewell”
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