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felicitating

felicitating is the present participle and gerund of felicitate.

Meaning of felicitate

Verb

felicitate (third-person singular simple present felicitates, present participle felicitating, simple past and past participle felicitated)

  1. (transitive) To congratulate.
    • […]we contemplate death under quite a different aspect;—creating in us such sweet influences of joy, that our beloved brethren, under one common Father, have attained what we ought all to be in search of, the heavenly goal, that rather than repine at this their advancement, we sincerely felicitate...1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XV, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 196

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Words formed from felicitating

Questions about felicitating

What is felicitating the present participle and gerund of?
Felicitating is the present participle and gerund of felicitate.

Words near felicitating in the dictionary

  1. felicifically
  2. felicificity
  3. felicitate
  4. felicitated
  5. felicitates
  6. felicitating
  7. felicitation
  8. felicitations
  9. felicitator
  10. felicitators
  11. felicities

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