ratify Copy link Outline 1. expr. by rătus (confirmed, valid), with a verb; as, habeo, duco, facio, etc.2. apprŏbo, comprŏbo, 1 (to approve and establish)3. sancio, xi and īvi, ctum and cītum, 4 (to enact and confirm solemnly or formally)4. confirmo, 1 (to establish surely and inviolably) • ratify: 1. expr. by rătus (confirmed, valid), with a verb; as, habeo, duco, facio, etc.: to r. a judgment, ratum habere judicium, Cic. Part. 36, 125: he would not treat as deserters those who did not regard the alliance as r.'d, non pro transfugis habiturum, qui non duxerint societatem ratam, Liv. 27, 17: may each deity r. your prayers, efficiant ratas utraque Diva preces, Ov. Fast. 1, 696: he r.'d it by the waters of Styx, ratum Stygii per flumina fratris annuit, Virg. Aen. 9, 104: that ought not to be r.'d which was done by violence, non debuit ratum esse quod erat actum per vim, Cic. Off. 3, 30, 110: the father r.'d the prayers of the son, parens nati rata vota ... fecit, Ov. Met. 4, 387: what a father approved is r.'d (stands good), ... if he approves not, it is not r.'d (annulled), quod paterfamilias ... approbavit, ratum est; quod eo insciente factum est, si is non approbat, ratum non est, Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 50. 2. apprŏbo, comprŏbo, 1 (to approve and establish): custom would not have r.'d that saying without reason, neque enim illud verbum temere consuetudo approbavisset, Cic. Div. 1, 31, 65: this treaty which the Roman people ... r.s, hoc foedus, quod P. R. auctore senatu ... comprobat, Cic. Balb. 15, 35. 3. sancio, xi and īvi, ctum and cītum, 4 (to enact and confirm solemnly or formally): the father who r.'s treaties by his lightning, genitor, qui foedera fulmine s., Virg. Aen. 12, 200. nothing can be inviolable which is not r.'d by the people, sacrosanctum esse nihil potest, nisi quod populus plebesve sanxisset, Cic. Balb. 14, 33: Antony was canvassing the veterans, to get them to r. the acts of Caesar, Antonius circumibat veteranos, ut acta Caesaris sancirent, ... [ut rata omnes haberent], Cic. Att. 14, 21. 4. confirmo, 1 (to establish surely and inviolably): to r. peace with the nearest states, pacem cum proximis civitatibus c., Caes. B. G. 1, 3: so, decreta c., Nep. Phoc. 3. Join: confirmare et comprobare, Cic. Att. 16, 16, D.
RATIFY Copy link • RATIFYsancire (lo make irrevocable, declare inviolable; e.g., augurem; pactum; legem): alicujus rei auctorem fieri (to approve of and accept): ratum facere or efficere, ratum esse jubere (to confirm).