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 Definitions of ratify  [ˈræt əˌfaɪ]  

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Definition of 'ratify' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) ratify
to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction:
to ratify a constitutional amendment.

Etymology:  (1325–75; < MF ratifier < ML ratificāre= L rat(us) calculated (see rate1) +

Definition of 'ratify' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) sign, ratify
approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
"All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed your contract yet?"


Definition of 'ratify' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) ratify
to approve and sanction; to make valid; to confirm; to establish; to settle; especially, to give sanction to, as something done by an agent or servant; as, to ratify an agreement, treaty, or contract; to ratify a nomination


Translation of 'ratify' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to approve and agree to formally and officially, especially in writing.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: goedkeur Arabic flag Arabic: يُصَدِّقُ على Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: ратифицирам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ratificar Czech flag Czech: potvrdit German flag German: bestätigen
Danish flag Danish: ratificere Greek flag Greek: επικυρώνω Spanish flag Spanish: ratificar
Estonian flag Estonian: kinnitama Farsi flag Farsi: تصویب کردن Finnish flag Finnish: ratifioida
French flag French: ratifier Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְאַשרֵר Hindi flag Hindi: अनुमोदन करना
Croatian flag Croatian: ratificirati, potvrditi Hungarian flag Hungarian: jóváhagy Indonesian flag Indonesian: menyetujui
Icelandic flag Icelandic: staðfesta Italian flag Italian: ratificare Japanese flag Japanese: 批准する
Korean flag Korean: 인가하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: ratifikuoti Latvian flag Latvian: ratificēt
Malay flag Malay: mengesahkan Dutch flag Dutch: bekrachtigen Norwegian flag Norwegian: stadfeste, ratifisere
Polish flag Polish: ratyfikować Persian flag Persian: تصویب کردن Pashto flag Pashto: تصويبول تصديقول، منل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ratificar Romanian flag Romanian: a ratifica Russian flag Russian: ратифицировать
Slovak flag Slovak: ratifikovať, schváliť Slovenian flag Slovenian: potrditi Serbian flag Serbian: ratifikovati
Swedish flag Swedish: ratificera Thai flag Thai: ยืนยัน; อนุมัติ; ให้สัตยา Turkish flag Turkish: onaylamak, tasdik etmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (尤指書面)正式批准 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: затверджувати, ратифікува Urdu flag Urdu: تصدیق کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: phê chuẩn Chinese flag Chinese: 正式批准

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