ratificating

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