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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ratify \Rat"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ratified}; p. pr & vb
n. {Ratifying}.] [F. ratifier, fr L. ratus fixed by
calculation, firm, valid + -ficare (in comp.) to make See
{Rate}, n., and {-fy}.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ratified
adj : formally approved and invested with legal authority [syn: {sanctioned}]
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