Antonyms:
| abrogate, | cancel, | overthrow, | shatter, | upset, |
| annul, | destroy, | shake, | unsettle, | weaken. |
Prepositions:
Confirm a statement by testimony; confirm a person in a belief.
CONGRATULATE.
Synonym:
| felicitate. |
To felicitate is to pronounce one happy or wish one joy; to congratulate is to express hearty sympathy in his joys or hopes. Felicitate is cold and formal. We say one felicitates himself; tho to congratulate oneself, which is less natural, is becoming prevalent.