Ratify

(n.) 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.

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• Waxy came down to ratify the deeds--Lord Southdown gave away his sister--she was married by a Bishop, and not by the Rev. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The Senate refused to ratify the covenant, and the first meeting of the League Council was held therefore without American representatives. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This was ratified by the Republic of Panama on December 2, 1903, and by the United States on February 23, 1904. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The treaty of peace was at last ratified, and the evacuation of Mexico by United States troops was ordered. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The present constitution of the State of Michigan was ratified during this time. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Paul and me, before that covenant of friendship could be ratified. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was ratified only the other day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• It took a considerable time for it to reach Washington, receive the approval of the administration, and be finally ratified by the Senate. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• But always it was this eternal see-saw, one destroyed that the other might exist, one ratified because the other was nulled. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Shaking hands, with emphasis, added Shirley, as if they were ratifying some solemn league and covenant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They are in the act of ratifying the treaty of friendly move, by shaking hands upon it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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