felicitate
/fəˈlɪsɪteɪt/verb
with obj.
- congratulate向…祝贺; 为…庆幸：
the award winner was felicitated by the cultural association.
获奖者得到了该文化协会的祝贺。
词源
early 17th cent. （in the sense 'regard as or pronounce happy or fortunate'）： from late Latin felicitat- 'made happy', from the verb felicitare, from Latin felix, felic- 'happy'.