ratify
verb/ˈrætɪfaɪ/
/ˈrætɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ratify | /ˈrætɪfaɪ/ /ˈrætɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it ratifies | /ˈrætɪfaɪz/ /ˈrætɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple ratified | /ˈrætɪfaɪd/ /ˈrætɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle ratified | /ˈrætɪfaɪd/ /ˈrætɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form ratifying | /ˈrætɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈrætɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- ratify something to make an agreement officially or legally valid by voting for or signing it
- The treaty was ratified by all the member states.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRatify is used with these nouns as the subject:- country
- parliament
- amendment
- constitution
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French ratifier, from medieval Latin ratificare, from Latin ratus ‘fixed’, past participle of reri.Definitions on the go
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