{"id":45705,"date":"2026-09-10T17:12:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T22:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=45705"},"modified":"2026-09-10T17:12:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T22:12:26","slug":"word-of-the-day-1143","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/09\/10\/word-of-the-day-1143\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ratify<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li>to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction.<br \/>\n<em>to ratify a constitutional amendment.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>to confirm (something done or arranged by an agent or by representatives) by such action.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/ratify\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dictionary.com<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I was watching a video that happened to use that word, and I realized I lacked a precise definition. That video?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Roads to an Executive Power Civics Quiz for your MAGA relatives\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7dq4E7LeI3I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ratify: to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction. to ratify a constitutional amendment. to confirm (something done or arranged by an agent or by representatives) by such action. [Dictionary.com] I was watching a video that happened to use that word, and I realized I lacked a precise definition. \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/09\/10\/word-of-the-day-1143\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45706,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45705\/revisions\/45706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}