felicitate
verb (used with object)
to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
felicitated
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past participleof felicitate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof felicitate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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Members felicitated dressy old James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois on his narrow escape from death from pneumonia in Moscow last autumn.
From Time Magazine Archive
Producer Sheehan felicitated the new management, said he had no plans except a holiday abroad.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rye felicitated its venerable town clerk on his 83 years and his 58th term in office.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the Tokyo Yomiuri last week felicitated the Commonwealth "especially because the Philippines can easily be reached by air from Japan and the prospects of Japanese-Philippine trade are bright."
From Time Magazine Archive
As for the worthy Freytag, he felicitated himself highly on the way he had handled that dabbler in poeshy.
From Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German by Charles Morris
