felicitating

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felicitating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Felicitate \Fe*lic"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Felicitated;
     p. pr. & vb. n. felicitating.] [Cf. F. f['e]liciter.]
     1. To make very happy; to delight.
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              What a glorious entertainment and pleasure would
              fill and felicitate his spirit.       --I. Watts.
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     2. To express joy or pleasure to; to wish felicity to; to
        call or consider (one's self) happy; to congratulate.
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              Every true heart must felicitate itself that its lot
              is cast in this kingdom.              --W. Howitt.
  
     Syn: See Congratulate.
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