felicitate
verb (used with object)
to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
felicitating
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present participleof felicitate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Jews felicitating them on Rosh Hashana observances marking the New Year 5722.
From Time Magazine Archive
Elwood was to take immediate possession, and, all the way across the prairie, was felicitating himself upon the ease and rapidity of his triumph.
From Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States by F.O.C. Darley
When we reach some great good, long desired, we begin by felicitating ourselves.
From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Thomas Paine
And he will send off dispatches felicitating his chief on having got that fortress off their hands, together with all the worry and expense it has been to them.
From Idle Ideas in 1905 by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Some people are felicitating themselves that the strike has been suppressed, but the safety valve has been screwed down, that's all.
From The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike by W. F. Burns
