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- Latin · borrowed fromlaetificātus
- English todaylaetificate
Borrowed from Latin laetificātus, perfect passive participle of laetificō (“to be energetic or outgoing”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
First known use, by meaning
- 1547–1657 To make, or become, happy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.