ratified

rat·i·fy

R0052600 (răt′ə-fī′)tr.v. rat·i·fied, rat·i·fy·ing, rat·i·fies To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm: The Senate ratified the treaty.

[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.]

rat′i·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.rat′i·fi′er n.

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ratified - formally approved and invested with legal authoritysanctionedlegal - established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules

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adj formally approved and invested with legal authority

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