ratify

ratify Definition

rati·fy (rat′ə fī′)

transitive verb -·fied′, -·fy′·ing

to approve or confirm; esp., to give official sanction to

Etymology: ME ratifien < MFr ratifier < ML ratificare < L ratus (see rate) + facere, to make, do

ratify Related Forms

rat′i·fi·ca′·tion (-fi kā′s̸hən) noun rat′i·fi′·er noun

ratify Synonyms

ratify Law Definition

To affirm or approve, usually after the fact.

ratify Usage Examples

Subject

parliament: Head of the SAI is appointed by Head of State and is ratified by the parliament.
majority: A resolution by such a meeting shall require to be ratified by a three quarters majority of the return of a postal vote.
council: However, even if this were a 'put up job' his appointment was ratified by the council.

Object

ctbt: The sooner we ratify the CTBT, the sooner we set the rest of the world on the same path.
treaty: For the security of the world we will leave to our children, we urge the United States to ratify the treaty.
convention: For example, the US hasn't ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
constitution: SLOVAKIA - RATIFIED The Slovak parliament ratified the constitution on 11 May, by 116 votes to 27, with four abstentions.
protocol: There are likely to be calls encouraging all NPT parties to ratify this protocol.
covenant: He did not permit the people to ratify the covenant at once.

Preposition: at

agm: This is ratified at the AGM if the nominee is unchallenged.
meeting: Such replacement must be ratified at the next general meeting of the Society.

Modifying Another Word

formally: At present, only nine nations have formally ratified the Kyoto Protocol.
subsequently: The minutes of the meeting would be subsequently ratified at a full Council meeting.
officially: In 1794 he accepted the cession of Hawaii to the British Crown, although this was not officially ratified.
yet: Member States which have not yet ratified the European Convention should get on with it.
finally: It was finally ratified on 25 November 1988, with the reservation.

Preposition: by

parliament: Head of the SAI is appointed by Head of State and is ratified by the parliament.
majority: A resolution by such a meeting shall require to be ratified by a three quarters majority of the return of a postal vote.
council: However, even if this were a 'put up job' his appointment was ratified by the council.
nation: The agreement, which became effective in 1997, has been signed and ratified by 160 nations.

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