Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RAT'I-FY
RAT'I-FY, v.t. [Fr. ratifier; L. ratum facio, to make firm.]
- To confirm; to establish; to settle. We have ratified to them the borders of Judea. – 1 Macc.
- To approve and sanction; to make valid; as, to ratify an agreement or treaty.
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