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felicitate

1. fe.lic.i.tate \fi-'lis-*-.ta-t\ aj [LL felicitatus, pp. of felicitare to 
   make happy, fr. L felicita]s obs  : made happy 
2. felicitate \fi-.lis-*-'ta--sh*n\ \-'lis-*-.ta-t-*r\ vt archaic  1: to 
   make happy  2a: to consider happy or fortunate  2b: to offer 
   congratulations to ng the simple offering of good wishes and hopes for 
   happiness; CONGRATULATE is intimate, familiar, or informal, and more often 
   implies acknowledgment of achievement or good fortune - fe.lic.i.ta.tion n 
   SYN syn CONGRATULATE: FELICITATE is the more formal term, denoti