"Ratify" is a word in ENGLISH
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 has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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A grizzled old man was eating in a truck stop when three Hell's Angels' bikers walked in. The first walked up to the old man, pushed his cigarette into the old man's pie and then took a seat at the counter. The second walked up to the old man, spat into the old man's milk and then he too took a seat at the counter. The third walked up to the old man, turned over the old man's plate, and then he took a seat at the counter. Without a word of protest, the old man quietly left the diner. Shortly thereafter, one of the bikers said to the waitress, "Humph, not much of a man, was he?" The waitress replied, "Not much of a truck driver either, he just backed his big-rig over three motorcycles."
To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial.
Read the complete definitionTo render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of …
Read the complete definitionThe act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.
Read the complete definitionTo cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, …
Read the complete definitionThe act of ratifying; the state of being ratified; confirmation; sanction; as, the ratification of a treaty.
Read the complete definitionTo give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
Read the complete definitionSolemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act …
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