资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.