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Ratify

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm. See Synonyms at approve.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To give formal consent to; make officially valid.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To approve and sanction; to make valid; to confirm; to establish; to settle; especially, to give sanction to, as something done by an agent or servant

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To confirm; establish; settle conclusively or authoritatively; make certain or lasting.

To validate by some formal act of approval; accept and sanction, as something done by an agent or a representative; confirm as a valid act or procedure.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

Word Usage

"Refusing to ratify is no longer an option: the only way to unpick this will be by way either of complete renegotiation or of entering into a derogation of the Treaty."

Verb Form

ratified ratifies ratifying

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

formalize formalise validate

Cross Reference

ratifying convention

Variant

ratified

Form

ratified ratifying

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

confirm establish settle approve

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

beatify gratify stratify