Ratify definition

rătə-fī
ratified ratifies ratifying
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To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm.

The Senate ratified the treaty.

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To approve or confirm; esp., to give official sanction to.
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To give formal consent to; make officially valid.
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To ratify is to approve and give formal consent to something.

When all the delegates sign a constitution, this is an example of a situation where they ratify the constitution.

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To affirm or approve, usually after the fact.
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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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