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Quotation dates: 1684
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Ratihabiting, vbl. n. [Ratihabit v.] The action of giving approval to persons breaking the law. —1684 Wodrow Hist. (1828) IV 72.
And the outhounding or ratihabiting of them [sc. rebels]
