[with obj.]congratulate 祝贺,庆贺,恭喜,致贺 the award winner was felicitated by the cultural association. 获奖者得到了该文化团体的祝贺。
语源
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'