Ratify Definition

rătə-fī
ratified, ratifies, ratifying
verb
ratified, ratifies, ratifying
To approve or confirm; esp., to give official sanction to.
Webster's New World
To affirm or approve, usually after the fact.
Webster's New World Law

To give formal consent to; make officially valid.

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Origin of Ratify

  • Middle English ratifien from Old French ratifier from Medieval Latin ratificāre Latin ratus fixed past participle of rērī to reckon, consider rate1 Latin -ficāre -fy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Medieval Latin ratifico, from Latin ratus (“reckoned").

    From Wiktionary

Ratify Sentence Examples

  • The president of Nicaragua adhered to this treaty, but the National Congress refused to ratify it.

  • It was awarded to Mithradates, but the senate refused to ratify the bargain on the ground of bribery.

  • In 1788, Samuel Adams was a member of the Massachusetts convention to ratify the Constitution of the United States.

  • As the Federalists were all opposed to the Ausgleich, it was clear that a Reichsrath chosen in these circumstances would refuse to ratify it, and this was probably Belcredi's intention.

  • If, on attaining his majority, the king refused to ratify these promises, his subjects were ipso facto absolved from their obedience.

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Words Starting With

RRARAT

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YFYIFY

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Words Starting With R and Ending With Y

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With R6 Letter Words Ending With Y