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ratify

verb

rat·​i·​fy ˈra-tə-ˌfī How to pronounce ratify (audio)
ratified; ratifying

transitive verb

: to approve and sanction formally : confirm
ratify a treaty
ratifier noun

Example Sentences

A number of countries have refused to ratify the treaty. Lincoln's home state of Illinois was the first to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provided for the abolition of slavery.
Recent Examples on the Web Picket lines will run from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. until educators ratify a contract agreement, WEA said. Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2022 In 1917, the United States directed Haiti’s National Assembly to ratify a new Constitution to allow foreigners to own land. New York Times, 20 May 2022 The book explains two of the constitutional compromises deemed necessary to persuade the slave states to ratify the Constitution. Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020 The attorneys general initially brought the lawsuit in January 2020, days after Virginia's legislature voted to make the Commonwealth the critical 38th state to ratify the amendment. Sarah Rankin, ajc, 3 Jan. 2022 Members from the union, which represents about 2,700 employees, voted to ratify the contract last month. oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2022 In 1979, as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Biden led a Senate delegation to Moscow to help persuade reluctant senators to ratify the SALT II nuclear-arms treaty. Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2022 The two countries have yet to ratify a border treaty 30 years after Estonia, a former Soviet republic, regained its independence in August 1991. NBC News, 23 Sep. 2021 The European Parliament declined to ratify a landmark investment treaty, championed by Germany, because of China’s heavy-handed reaction to sanctions over its treatment of the Uyghurs. New York Times, 12 June 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English ratifien, from Anglo-French ratifier, from Medieval Latin ratificare, from Latin ratus determined, from past participle of reri to calculate — more at reason entry 1

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ratify was in the 14th century

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