- 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.
Meaning of 'ratify' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . ratify
[ v]
Meaning (1): - approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation