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felicitate
What does felicitate mean?
felicitate (verb): to congratulate.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce felicitate?
/fəˈlɪsɪˌteɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does felicitate come from?
From Latin fēlicitātus, perfect passive participle of fēlīcitō (“to felicitate”) (from fēlīx (“happy”)).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of felicitate?
Words related to felicitate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “felicitate” mean?
make understand
Not quite: that's what enlighten means.
to start, begin
Not quite: that's what embark means.
to become quiet
Not quite: that's what hush means.
to congratulate
Right! That's what “felicitate” means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “felicitate”?
substantiate
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rehabilitate
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disintegrate
Not quite: disintegrate means something else.
congratulate
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