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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1583, 1678
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Ratifying, Ratefeing, vbl. n. [e.m.E. ratifieng (1555), ratifying.] The action of confirming, also of sanctioning or approving a crime. — 1583 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs I 166.
For ratefeing … of sic actis … as salhappin to be entreitit 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. i xxxv 8 (1678) 341 (see Ratify v. 1 b).
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