Ratify
['rætɪfaɪ]
Definition
(n.) To approve and sanction; to make valid; to confirm; to establish; to settle; especially, to give sanction to, as something done by an agent or servant; as, to ratify an agreement, treaty, or contract; to ratify a nomination.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Confirm, substantiate, corroborate, establish, settle.[2]. Approve, sanction, bind, consent to, make valid.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sanction, seal, confirm, endorse, secure, approve, validity, establish,substantiate, settle
ANT:Negative, reject, repudiate, disaffirm, invalidate, abrogate, annul, nullify,
Typist: Psyche
Definition
v.t. to approve and sanction: to settle:—pa.t. and pa.p. rat′ified.—ns. Ratificā′tion act of ratifying or confirming: confirmation; Rat′ifier one who or that which ratifies or sanctions.
Typist: Shane
Examples
- Waxy came down to ratify the deeds--Lord Southdown gave away his sister--she was married by a Bishop, and not by the Rev. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Senate refused to ratify the covenant, and the first meeting of the League Council was held therefore without American representatives. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This was ratified by the Republic of Panama on December 2, 1903, and by the United States on February 23, 1904. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The treaty of peace was at last ratified, and the evacuation of Mexico by United States troops was ordered. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The present constitution of the State of Michigan was ratified during this time. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Paul and me, before that covenant of friendship could be ratified. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was ratified only the other day. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It took a considerable time for it to reach Washington, receive the approval of the administration, and be finally ratified by the Senate. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But always it was this eternal see-saw, one destroyed that the other might exist, one ratified because the other was nulled. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Shaking hands, with emphasis, added Shirley, as if they were ratifying some solemn league and covenant. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They are in the act of ratifying the treaty of friendly move, by shaking hands upon it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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