† felicitateadj.
Obsolete.
Made happy.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [adjective] > made happy
felicitate1608
happified1798
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 70 I am alone felicitate, in your deere highnes loue. View more context for this quotation
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felicitatev.
/fᵻˈlɪsᵻteɪt/, U.S. /fəˈlɪsᵻˌteɪt/ 1. † b. To render prosperous. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To render or make happy; also absol. Now rare; see felicitated adj. at Derivatives.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > make happy [verb (transitive)]
emblissc1430
happy1600
happify1612
enhappy1626
felicitate1628
felicify1683
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iii. 261 Of themselves, nor paines, nor pleasures can Felicitate.
1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love v. 75 Since I cannot make my self happy, I will have the glory to felicitate another.
1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xvii. 254 A glorious Entertainment..would..felicitate his Spirit, if [etc.].
1792 A. Bell in R. Southey Life (1844) I. 436 Your occupations..have a tendency to..felicitate our days.
1825 T. Barber Serm. Import. Relig. Nat. Educ. 40 It settles, composes, and felicitates the soul.
1856 J. Macnaught Doctr. Inspiration (1857) 193 It has felicitated the death of all who have learned in it to talk with God.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > cause to prosper or flourish [verb (transitive)]
thrivea1400
prospera1525
felicitate1638
the mind > possession > wealth > accumulate wealth [verb (transitive)] > make rich
i-wealyOE
to bring (a person) in or to (his) warison1297
richc1350
increasec1380
enrich1382
enrichessec1430
make1460
enwealthy1594
divitiate?1623
munificate1623
felicitate1638
imburse1641
peculiate1656
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 92 A citty in Bengala & felicitated by Ganges.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. vii. 307 The Sunne's..influence is conceived..to felicitate India more then any after. View more context for this quotation
2. To reckon or pronounce happy or fortunate; to congratulate. Now only with object a person. Const. on, upon.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice over or at [verb (transitive)] > rejoice with (another)
congratulate with1587
felicitate1638
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > congratulate (a person) [verb (transitive)]
faina1300
joy1483
congratulate1548
gratulate1598
felicitate1638
compliment1718
to slap (someone) on the back1908
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 182 A glorious miser fælicitating his death, so it be in contemplation of his rich idolatry.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. ix. 201 Speeches, felicitating the good, or deprecating the evil to follow. View more context for this quotation
1715 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 77 This comes to felicitate you upon your wife's safe delivery.
1812 I. D'Israeli Calam. Auth. II. 304 A great Poet felicitated himself that poetry was not the business of his life.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 645 The enemies of France..eagerly felicitated one another.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vi. 175 The victor might be felicitated on his good fortune.
a. transitive. To offer congratulations on (something).
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > congratulate (a person) [verb (transitive)] > offer congratulations on
gratulate1584
congratulate1587
greet1596
to wish (arch. give) one (the) joy of1600
felicitate1684
1684 J. P. von Valcaren Relation Siege Vienna 104 Of other Princes..there were great numbers that came to felicitate his Majesties happy return.
b. intransitive. To join in congratulations with.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > offer congratulations [verb (intransitive)] > join in congratulations
congratulate1587
felicitate1799
1799 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 447 I felicitate with you on the happy success of the allied Arms.
Derivatives
feˈlicitated adj.
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1890 J. F. Smith tr. O. Pfleiderer Devel. Theol. Germany ii. ii. 118 A life of invigorated and felicitated God-consciousness.
feˈlicitating adj.
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1755 T. Amory Mem. Ladies 247 It commands us to acquire a felicitating temper, and to communicat happiness adequate to our power.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1772 I. 362 Johnson: The happiness of an unembodied spirit will consist..in the possession of felicitating ideas.
1806 A. Knox Remains I. 21 This felicitating influence of our divine religion.
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adj.1608
v.1628- to set in one's staff
- to set in operation
- to set in or at stay
- to set in or on a roar
- to set in order
- to set in press
- to set in print
- to set in readiness
- to set in rule
- to set in stay
- to set in such a gog for
- to set in such a gog of
- to set in sunder
- to set in the nick
- to set in the pillory
- to set in train
- to set in work
- to set in, into, out of, to a etc frame
- to set in, into, out of, to a good frame
- to set in, into, out of, to frame
- to set into
- to set into gear
- to set into motion
- to set land
- to set light