felicitate

verb

Definition of felicitatenext
as in to congratulate
to express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune the other pianists rushed to felicitate the winner of the piano competition

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Recent Examples of felicitate Kelley O’Hara Honored The U.S. soccer federation felicitated defender Kelley O’Hara with a ceremony at half-time in the wake of her retirement decision. — Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for felicitate
congratulate
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  • The State Department on Tuesday congratulated conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori after she was declared the winner of Peru’s presidential runoff election by a razor-thin margin.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • In 2010, on Respect for the Aged Day, Japanese officials sought out a Tokyo man named Sogen Kato to congratulate him on living to a hundred and eleven.
    — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of congratulate

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