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fe·lic·i·tate

(fĭ-lĭs′ĭ-tāt′)

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.

[Late Latin fēlīcitāre, fēlīcitāt-, to make happy, from fēlīx, fēlīc-, fortunate; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

fe·lic′i·ta′tor n.

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felicitate

(fɪˈlɪsɪˌteɪt)

to wish joy to; congratulate

feˈliciˌtator n

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fe•lic•i•tate

(fɪˈlɪs ɪˌteɪt)

v. -tat•ed, -tat•ing,
adj. v.t.

1. to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.

2. Archaic. to make happy.

adj.

3. Obs. made happy.

[1595–1605; < Late Latin]

fe•lic′i•ta`tor, n.

felicitate

Past participle: felicitated
Gerund: felicitating

Imperative
felicitate
felicitate

Present
I felicitate
you felicitate
he/she/it felicitates
we felicitate
you felicitate
they felicitate

Preterite
I felicitated
you felicitated
he/she/it felicitated
we felicitated
you felicitated
they felicitated

Present Continuous
I am felicitating
you are felicitating
he/she/it is felicitating
we are felicitating
you are felicitating
they are felicitating

Present Perfect
I have felicitated
you have felicitated
he/she/it has felicitated
we have felicitated
you have felicitated
they have felicitated

Past Continuous
I was felicitating
you were felicitating
he/she/it was felicitating
we were felicitating
you were felicitating
they were felicitating

Past Perfect
I had felicitated
you had felicitated
he/she/it had felicitated
we had felicitated
you had felicitated
they had felicitated

Future
I will felicitate
you will felicitate
he/she/it will felicitate
we will felicitate
you will felicitate
they will felicitate

Future Perfect
I will have felicitated
you will have felicitated
he/she/it will have felicitated
we will have felicitated
you will have felicitated
they will have felicitated

Future Continuous
I will be felicitating
you will be felicitating
he/she/it will be felicitating
we will be felicitating
you will be felicitating
they will be felicitating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been felicitating
you have been felicitating
he/she/it has been felicitating
we have been felicitating
you have been felicitating
they have been felicitating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been felicitating
you will have been felicitating
he/she/it will have been felicitating
we will have been felicitating
you will have been felicitating
they will have been felicitating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been felicitating
you had been felicitating
he/she/it had been felicitating
we had been felicitating
you had been felicitating
they had been felicitating

Conditional
I would felicitate
you would felicitate
he/she/it would felicitate
we would felicitate
you would felicitate
they would felicitate

Past Conditional
I would have felicitated
you would have felicitated
he/she/it would have felicitated
we would have felicitated
you would have felicitated
they would have felicitated

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Verb

felicitate - express congratulations

congratulate

bid, wish - invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell"

Translations

féliciter

felicitate

[fɪˈlɪsɪteɪt] VT (frm) → felicitar, congratular

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felicitate

vt (form) → beglückwünschen (sb on sth jdn zu etw), gratulieren (sb on sth jdm zu etw)

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The whole parish declared she could not come honestly by such things; and parents, instead of wishing their daughters the same, felicitated themselves that their children had them not.

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In the meantime the people gathered around D'Artagnan, -- they felicitated, they cheered him.

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