Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ratify

Ratify (rat"i*fī) , transitive verb

[French ratifier, from Latin ratus fixed by calculation, firm, valid + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Rate, n., and -fy.]

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.
It is impossible for the divine power to set a seal to a lie by ratifying an imposture with such a miracle. — South