Both Uses of
ratify
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- …as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway, Thereto prick'd on by a most emulate pride, Dar'd to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet,— For so this side of our known world esteem'd him,— Did slay this Fortinbras; who, by a seal'd compact, Well ratified by law and heraldry, Did forfeit, with his life, all those his lands, Which he stood seiz'd of, to the conqueror: Against the which, a moiety competent Was gaged by our king; which had return'd To the inheritance of Fortinbras, Had he been…†
Scene 1.1 *
- The rabble call him lord; And, as the world were now but to begin, Antiquity forgot, custom not known, The ratifiers and props of every word, They cry 'Choose we!†
Scene 4.5
Definition:
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(ratify) to approve -- typically the formal approval of an agreement by an organization