Lexic.us

Definition of Ratify

1. Verb. Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation. "Have you signed your contract yet?"

Definition of Ratify

1. v. t. 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.

Definition of Ratify

1. Verb. (transitive) To give formal consent to; make officially valid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ratify

1. to approve and sanction formally [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]

Medical Definition of Ratify

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) Origin: F. Ratifier, fr. L. Ratus fixed by calculation, firm, valid + -ficare (in comp) to make. See Rate, and -fy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratify

Literary usage of Ratify

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Robert's Rules of Order Revised for Deliberative Assemblies by Henry Martyn Robert (1915)
"ratify. This is a main motion and is used when it is desired to confirm or make ... The assembly may ratify only such actions of its officers or committees, ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
""The Legislature may ratify and confirm any act which it might lawfully have authorized in the first instance, where the defect ¡irises out of the neglect ..."

3. The Constitutional Convention: Its History, Powers, and Modes of Proceeding by John Alexander Jameson (1867)
"... first, those Conventions which have been called simply to ratify propositions made by other Conventions or by bodies having functions analogous to those ..."

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