felicitate

/fɛlˈɪsɪtˌeɪt/

/fəˈɫɪsɪˌteɪt/

[verb]

to felicitate

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

to express joy and good wishes to someone for their achievements or on special occasions

synonyms : congratulate

Examples

1. That was designed to felicitate the DOJ motions to stay the litigation, to identify them, to make the courts take them seriously.

2. and I acted like I knew nothing to felicitate she was really scared

3. That figure of the Corsican Boswell embodies the hope of the Jubilee at its best that Shakespeareís freedom might come to be the glory of a free people who felicitate in the freedom of others.

4. When the walls seem to be closing around Nandan and it seems like he might get caught, that scene is cut very effectively with a ridiculous office function, where he is to be felicitated as employee of the year.