ratify

(răt'ə-fī')
tr.v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.
To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm. See synonyms at approve.

[Middle English ratifien, from Old French ratifier, from Medieval Latin ratificāre : Latin ratus, fixed, past participle of rērī, to reckon, consider; see rate¹ + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]

ratification rat'i·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.
ratifier rat'i·fi'er n.

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verb

To accept officially: adopt, affirm, approve, confirm, pass, sanction. See accept/reject, law.

v

Definition: affirm, authorize
Antonyms: deny, disaffirm, disagree, reject, renounce, revoke, veto

(rat′i-fi-kā′shən)
n

Confirmation of a previous act.

For a list of words related to ratify, see:

• Acts, Powers, Conditions, and Procedures - ratify: (vb) vote approval; sanction formally
• Approval, Respect, and Recognition - ratify: (vb) formally approve, usu. by vote

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Common misspelling(s) of ratify

• radify

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - bekræfte, ratificere, anerkende

Nederlands (Dutch)
ratificeren, goedkeuren

Français (French)
v. tr. - ratifier

Deutsch (German)
v. - ratifizieren, bestätigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - θεωρώ, επικυρώνω, εγκρίνω

Italiano (Italian)
ratificare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - ratificar

Русский (Russian)
ратифицировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - ratificar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ratificera, stadfästa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
批准, 认可

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 批准, 認可

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 재가하다, 비준하다, 실증하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 批准する, 承認する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصادق على, يقر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮אשרר, אישר (רשמית)‬

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