v. t. [ L. felix happy + -fy. ] To make happy; to felicitate. [ Obs. ] Quarles. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
What a glorious entertainment and pleasure would fill and felicitate his spirit. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
Every true heart must felicitate itself that its lot is cast in this kingdom. W. Howitt.
a. [ L. felicitatus, p. p. of felicitare to felicitate, fr. felix, -icis, happy. See felicity. ] Made very happy. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
I am alone felicitate
In your dear highness' love. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. félicitation. ] The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful; skillful; successful; happily applied or expressed; appropriate. [ 1913 Webster ]
Felicitous words and images. M. Arnold.
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n. a pleasing and appropriate manner or style, especially of expression.
n.;
Our own felicity we make or find. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity. Book of Common Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]
the felicities of her wonderful reign. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. any of various lithe-bodied round-headed fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws; a member of the
n. a natural family of lithe-bodied round-headed fissiped mammals, including the cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; and saber-toothed tigers.
a. [ L. felinus, fr. feles, felis, cat, prob. orig., the fruitful: cf. F. félin. See Fetus. ]