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Thousands of people attended Sunday's event, which was held to felicitate a prominent social activist.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2023

Quick to felicitate the new champion was Rev. Gustave Purificato, the priest under whose wing he learned to fight in a Herkimer, N. Y. church basement.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wherever the big British bird alighted for a few minutes to leave a passenger or pick up mail, in popped a Briton to felicitate and annoy King Albert.

From Time Magazine Archive

With one exception, they were all on hand to welcome and felicitate the same person, Explorer Donald B. MacMillan, whose stout auxiliary schooners were nearing the harbor after a summer in the Arctic.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am glad to hear that you all pass'd the summer so agreably in Wales, and I felicitate you as the French say, on the Increase of your Brother's Family.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Chester E. Jorgenson

The married woman felicitates herself greatly, unless a tall daughter of nine or ten walks abroad at her side.

From The Spinster Book by Myrtle Reed

That poet, with frequent repetition, felicitates himself that age has not deprived him of his skill in it.

From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales by Ambrose Bierce

Those whom our Lord felicitates are all the children of one family; and everything that can be called blessed or blessing comes of the same righteousness.

From Hope of the Gospel by George MacDonald

The bridegroom goes to bring his retinue to escort the bride home, and St. Bris felicitates himself for bringing about this union which wipes out the disgrace of Raoul's refusal.

From Stars of the Opera by Mabel Wagnalls

Probably it felicitates itself upon its shrewdness, and pities the poor estate of its defenseless neighbors.

From The Foot-path Way by Bradford Torrey

Producer Sheehan felicitated the new management, said he had no plans except a holiday abroad.

From Time Magazine Archive

His retiring superior felicitated him, hoped he would serve out the five years left before his retirement.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the Tokyo Yomiuri last week felicitated the Commonwealth "especially because the Philippines can easily be reached by air from Japan and the prospects of Japanese-Philippine trade are bright."

From Time Magazine Archive

Rye felicitated its venerable town clerk on his 83 years and his 58th term in office.

From Time Magazine Archive

He felicitated Perth and Western Australia generally upon their wonderful progress, of which much had been achieved within the memory of the present generation.

From Down Under With the Prince by Sara Jeannette Duncan

Jews felicitating them on Rosh Hashana observances marking the New Year 5722.

From Time Magazine Archive

The minister and the king exchanged numerous caresses, felicitating each other upon the fortunate chance which had freed France from the inveterate enemy who set all Europe against her.

From The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas père

"My thought just then was that I should prize your friendship above any other woman's love, and I had been felicitating myself that Stella Wildmere would never have the right to criticise the fact."

From A Young Girl's Wooing by Edward Payson Roe

She concludes, with 'desiring to be informed of our nuptials the moment they are celebrated, that she may be with the earliest in felicitating me on the happy occasion.'

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Samuel Richardson

"You'll soon be travelling south, I'm thinking, Captain Gar'ner?" called out this worthy, again, in a sort of felicitating way--"Them's your chaps, and they'll set you up."

From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by James Fenimore Cooper