Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FE-LIC'I-TATE, v.t. [Fr. feliciter; Sp. felicitar; It. felicitare; L. felicito, from felix, happy.]

1. To make very happy. What a glorious entertainment and pleasure would fill and felicitate his spirit, if he could grasp all in a single survey. Watts. More generally,
2. To congratulate; to express joy or pleasure to. We felicitate our friends on the acquisition of good, or an escape from evil.