felicitate
verb (used with object)
to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
had felicitated
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past perfectof felicitate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Week prior, to 50,000 enthusiastic Democrats in Little Rock, Ark., Preacher Williams' home, Franklin D. Roosevelt had felicitated himself on the opportunity "to enjoy the kindness and the courtesy of true Arkansas hospitality."
From Time Magazine Archive
Since that eventful time, I have become a sojourner in town, and on the approach of New Year's, had felicitated myself on the prospect of seeing how New Yorkers celebrate this universal holiday.
From Doesticks, What He Says by Q. K. Philander Doesticks
