ratify Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
    sign.
    • All parties ratified the peace treaty
    • Have you signed your contract yet?

WordNet

Rat"i*fy transitive verb
Etymology
F. ratifier, fr. L. ratus fixed by calculation, firm, valid + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Rate, n., and -fy.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Ratified ; present participle & verbal noun Ratifying
Definitions
  1. To approve and sanction; to make valid; 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.
    It is impossible for the divine power to set a seal to a lie by ratifying an imposture with such a miracle. South.

Webster 1913