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RATIFY
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Irregular inflected form: ratified
I. (verb)
Verb forms
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
Example:
Have you signed your contract yet?
Synonyms:
ratify; sign
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
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)
