felicitate
pronunciation
How to pronounce felicitate in British English:
UK [fɪ'lɪsɪteɪt]
How to pronounce felicitate in American English:
US [fɪˈlɪsɪˌtet]
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- Verb:
- express congratulations
Word Origin
- felicitate (v.)
- 1620s, "to render happy" (obsolete); 1630s, "to reckon happy;" from Late Latin felicitatus, past participle of felicitare "to make happy," from Latin felicitas "fruitfulness, happiness," from felix "fruitful, fertile; lucky, happy" (see felicity). Meaning "congratulate, compliment upon a happy event" is from 1630s. Related: Felicitated; felicitating. Little-used alternative verb form felicify (1680s) yielded adjective felicific (1865).
Example
- 1. You should felicitate you was not killed by her beauty .
- 2. I would not go to felicitate the new couple at the wedding .
- 3. I felicitate the day I found you .
- 4. Felicitate the day I found you .
- 5. Although my family is a very ordinary one , I felicitate that I have got well enlightenment by my dear parent .