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▪ I. † feˈlicitate, pa. pple. Obs.
[ad. L. fēlīcitātus, pa. pple. of fēlicitāre: see next.]
Made happy.
1605Shakes. Lear i. i. 77, I am alone felicitate In your deere Highnesse loue.
▪ II. felicitate, v.|fɪˈlɪsɪteɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of L. fēlīcitāre to make happy, f. fēlīci-, fēlix happy.]
1. trans. To render or make happy; also absol. Now rare; see felicitated ppl. a.
1628Wither Brit. Rememb. iii. 261 Of themselves, nor paines, nor pleasures can Felicitate. 1668Dryden Evening's Love v. i, Since I cannot make myself happy, I will have the glory to felicitate another. 1741Watts Improv. Mind i. xvii. 254 A glorious Entertainment..would..felicitate his Spirit, if [etc.]. 1792A. Bell in Southey Life (1844) I. 436 Your occupations..have a tendency to..felicitate our days. 1825T. Barber Serm. Import. Relig. Nat. Educ. 40 It settles, composes, and felicitates the soul. 1856J. Macnaught Doctr. Inspiration (1857) 193 It has felicitated the death of all who have learned in it to talk with God.
†b. To render prosperous. Obs.
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1638) 92 A citty in Bengala and felicitated by Ganges. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. vii. 307 The Sunne's..influence is conceived..to felicitate India more then any after.
2. To reckon or pronounce happy or fortunate; to congratulate. Now only with obj. a person. Const. on, upon.
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1838) 182 A glorious miser fælicitating his death, so it be in contemplation of his rich idolatry. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. ix. 201 Speeches, felicitating the good, or deprecating the evil to follow. 1715Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 77 This comes to felicitate you upon your wife's safe delivery. 1812D'Israeli Calam. Auth. (1867) 215 A great poet felicitated himself that poetry was not the business of his life. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 645 The enemies of France..eagerly felicitated one another. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets vi. 175 The victor might be felicitated on his good fortune.
†3.
a. trans. To offer congratulations on (something).
b. intr. To join in congratulations with.
1684J. Peter Siege Vienna 104 Of other Princes..there were great numbers that came to felicitate his Majesties happy return. 1799Nelson in Nicolas Disp. III. 447, I felicitate with you on the happy success of the allied Arms.
Hence feˈlicitated ppl. a., feˈlicitating ppl. a.
1755T. Amory Mem. (1769) I. 280 It commands us to acquire a felicitating temper, and to communicate happiness adequate to our power. 1772Johnson 27 Mar. in Boswell, The happiness of an unembodied spirit will consist..in the possession of felicitating ideas. 1806A. Knox Rem. I. 21 This felicitating influence of our divine religion. 1890tr. Pfleiderer's Developm. Theology ii. ii. 118 A life of invigorated and felicitated God-consciousness. |