felicitate
verb (used with object)
to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
have felicitated
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present perfectof felicitate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"Ten years ago," says he, "I could have felicitated France on her having a Government, without inquiring what the nature of that Government was, or how it was administered."
From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man by Moncure Daniel Conway
The King," he said, "must have been misinformed; or His Majesty never would have felicitated Parliament on the tranquil state of the country.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
