Const. a person to or in a dignity, position, etc.: to ratify the election or appointment of.

transitive. To confirm or validate (an act, agreement, gift, etc.) by giving formal consent, approval, or sanction (esp. to terms or arrangements…

transitive. To write on the back of (a document); to inscribe (words) on (the back of) a document; = endorse, v. 1. Also figurative.

To confirm authoritatively; to sanction. Hence the technical term: (a) in Scottish Parliament for confirming, or deciding in the affirmative, by a…

transitive. To ratify, confirm (a charter, decision, or treaty).

To render stable or firm. To ratify, confirm, validate. Obsolete.

transitive. To adjudge to be just or reasonable; to approve or approve of; to ratify.

gen. To ratify formally; to confirm. Obsolete.

transitive. To ratify.

transitive. To make definite; to confirm, ratify. Obsolete. rare.

(figurative from 1b or 1d.) To make sure, confirm, ratify; to ‘knit’, ‘cement’. ? Obsolete.

To strengthen, to confirm; to ratify or render legal, to put into legal effect.

To ratify or confirm by sanction or solemn enactment; to invest with legal or sovereign authority; to make valid or binding.

transitive. To certify (a person, institution, etc.) as meeting certain standards set by an official body; to recognize officially as eligible…

figurative. To confirm, sanction, ratify.

figurative. To confirm, sanction, countenance, or vouch for (statements, opinions, acts, etc.; occasionally, persons), as by an endorsement…