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FELICITATES
Verb
felicitates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of felicitate
Source: Wiktionary
FELICITATE
Fe*lic"i*tate, a. Etym: [L. felicitatus, p.p. of felicitare to felicitate, fr. felix, -icis, happy. See felicity.]
Definition: Made very happy. [Archaic] I am alone felicitate In your dear highness' love. Shak.
Fe*lic"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Felicitated; p. pr. & vb. n. felicitating.] Etym: [Cf. F. féliciter.]
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.
Syn.
– See Congratulate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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