ratifiern.

1566 R. Horne Answeare M. J. Fekenham f. 53 The Emperour..was the supreme gouernour, was the President, ouersear, commaunder, ratifier, and directour, of all thinges done in the councell.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 103 The Ratifiers and props of euery word. View more context for this quotation

1694 tr. E. Benoist Hist. Famous Edict of Nantes I. vii. 375 There are also Laws that carry in themselves the Marks of their being fit to be revok'd... Such are those Treaties also that oblige the Ratifiers to violate Humanity and Honesty.

1739 E. Carter tr. F. Algarotti Sir I. Newton's Philos. Explain'd I. ii. 98 A chief Magistrate, who is only the Ratifier and Guardian of the Laws of Nature.

1762 G. Sharpe 2nd Argument Def. Christianity viii. 279 He was the..ratifier of a covenant of grace, and mercy and forgiveness.

1811 J. Bidlake Truth & Consistency Divine Revelation vii. 193 Christ is the ratifier of the covenant.

1853 F. Saunders Salad for Solitary 71 ‘Are we married yet?’ eagerly ejaculated the exasperated maiden, to the ratifier of covenants between man and woman.

1933 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 21 Nov. 12/4 The senate approved the house ratifier.

1976 Facts on File World News Digest (Nexis) 24 Jan. 36 d3 Among the signers and ratifiers of the covenant were the Soviet Union and its allies, Latin American countries and some Western European nations.

1992 Economist 6 June 41/1 If the press-on ratifiers get their way, by the end of the year 11 countries will have ratified the treaty.