RATIFY (ratified)

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Irregular inflected form: ratified   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ratify mean? 

• RATIFY (verb)
  The verb RATIFY has 1 sense:

1. approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

  Familiarity information: RATIFY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RATIFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they ratify    ... he / she / it ratifies   
Past simple: ratified   
Past participle: ratified   
-ing form: ratifying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

ratify; sign

Context example:

Have you signed your contract yet?

Hypernyms (to "ratify" is one way to...):

formalise; formalize; validate (declare or make legally valid)

"Ratify" entails doing...:

endorse; indorse (sign as evidence of legal transfer)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ratification (making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it)

ratifier (someone who expresses strong approval)

 Context examples 

My aunt said this in a sprightly way, and gave me a kiss to ratify the blessing.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But it was a weary time before the peace was ratified, and it was April of next year before our great day came round to us.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Peggotty was not slow to respond, and ratify the treaty of friendship by giving me one of her best hugs.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)