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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
ratify
 
SYLLABICATION:rat·i·fy
PRONUNCIATION:  rt-f
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: rat·i·fied, rat·i·fy·ing, rat·i·fies
To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm. See synonyms at approve.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English ratifien, from Old French ratifier, from Medieval Latin ratificre : Latin ratus, fixed, past participle of rr, to reckon, consider; see rate1 + Latin -ficre, -fy.
OTHER FORMS:rati·fi·cation (-f-kshn) —NOUN
rati·fier —NOUN
 
 
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