ratify

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  1. transitive verb To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm. See Synonyms at approve.

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  • The only two countries that didn't ratify -- and now there's only one. —  Al Gore's new thinking on the climate crisis
  • In light of the failure to ratify, the company has reactivated its contingency plan and remains completely operational. —  WebWire | Recent Headlines
  • "This committee will be deeply involved in crafting a solution that the world can agree to and that the Senate can ratify, and, as we proceed, the lesson of Kyoto must remain clear in our minds: All countries must be part of the solution," Kerry said. —  The Daily Star
  • Reading through the OAS Firearms Convention Treaty that Obama wants to ratify, the treaty itself states that most guns are coming from Venezuela, Africa, the former Soviet Union, and other nations, and NOT from the United States. —  Latest Articles
  • Amendments to the Constitution are proposed by both houses in Congress and require two-thirds of the states to ratify, or approve, them. —  Civilrights.org Latest Posts
 

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  1. 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.

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  1. from Old French ratefier, French ratifier =Provencal Spanish Portuguese ratificar =Italian ratificare, from Middle Latin ratificare, confirm, ratify, from L, ratus, fixed, settled, + -ficare, from facere, make: see rate and -fy.
 

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