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Ratify

//ˈɹætɪfaɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on. transitive

    "They ratified the treaty."

  2. 2
    approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation wordnet

Etymology

From Old French ratifier, from Medieval Latin ratifico, from Latin ratus (“reckoned”).

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