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ratificate

ratificate verb: to ratify.

Verb

ratificate (third-person singular simple present ratificates, present participle ratificating, simple past and past participle ratificated)

  1. (nonstandard, transitive, chiefly non-native speakers' English) To ratify.
    • To achieve this political unification each state has to delegate some of their rights to the EC [European Community] in Bruessel^([sic]) (i.e. making specific law etc.). And thats^([sic]) why the brits and danes had such problems in their parliament to ratificate the maastricht treaty. But as one...1993 May 21, Nik. Wiesel, “Does the Amiga have a future ?”, in comp.sys.amiga.advocacy (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026
    • Some teachers taught some variants which wasn´t^([sic]) in Go-Kyo. I remember a tecnique called Kumi-Nague. This tecnique^([sic]) was taught for longtime in my dojo. One day, both name and right arm work changed. Now, it was Koshi-Guruma. Kumi-Nague never was included in Go-Kyo, but Koshi-Guruma...2001 April 8, Jigotai, “Foot Sweep”, in japan.budo.judo (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026

Examples of ratificate in a sentence

  • And thats^([sic]) why the brits and danes had such problems in their parliament to ratificate the maastricht treaty.1993 May 21, Nik. Wiesel, “Does the Amiga have a future ?”, in comp.sys.amiga.advocacy (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026:
  • Kumi-Nague never was included in Go-Kyo, but Koshi-Guruma was since 1895 and was ratificated on 1920.2001 April 8, Jigotai, “Foot Sweep”, in japan.budo.judo (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026:
  • It doesn't grant anything to anybody until ratificated by specific countries and included into law system.2007 April 28, [Janusz] <janusz_w@hotmail.com>, “So Long, France.”, in rec.scuba (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026:

Forms of ratificate

third-person singular presentratificates
present participleratificating
past participleratificated
pastratificated

Origin of ratificate

Back-formation from ratification. For its use by non-native speakers, compare Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish ratificar and Italian ratificare.

Questions about ratificate

What does ratificate mean?
Ratificate means to ratify.
How do you use ratificate in a sentence?
And thats^([sic]) why the brits and danes had such problems in their parliament to ratificate the maastricht treaty.
What part of speech is ratificate?
Ratificate is a verb.
What is the past tense of ratificate?
The past tense of ratificate is ratificated.

Words near ratificate in the dictionary

  1. rati
  2. raticidal
  3. raticide
  4. raticides
  5. ratifiable
  6. ratificate
  7. ratificated
  8. ratificates
  9. ratificating
  10. ratification
  11. ratificational

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