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    [Verb]  | "rat*i*fy" | \ ˈra-tə-ˌfī \


    1: to approve and sanction formally : confirm


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English ratifien, from Anglo-French ratifier, from Medieval Latin ratificare, from Latin ratus determined, from past participle of reri to calculate {mat|reason:1|};

    [Verb]  | "ratifying" 


    1: to give official acceptance of as satisfactory;


      * e.g., " ... Lincoln's home state of Illinois was the first to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provided for the abolition of slavery "





    [Verb]  | "ratify" 


    1: to give official acceptance of as satisfactory;


      * e.g., " ... Lincoln's home state of Illinois was the first to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provided for the abolition of slavery "





     [ "ratify" ]

    1: To approve, formally, according to a set of established procedures.

      * e.g.,  ... You must get several states to ratify an amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America before it becomes established. 

     [ "Ratified" ]

    1: The result once someone has disposed lots and lots and lots of rats in one place.

      * e.g.,  ... Woah that that room just got ratified!! 

     [ "Ratify" ]

    1:  to approve and/or give formal consent (governmental) to have your name changed on discord to a rat emoticon

      * e.g.,  ...  When the U. S. Constitution was signed it was ratified. I have no choice but to ratify you. 

     [ "ratify" ]

    1: To make more rat-like.

      * e.g.,  ... Splinter was an ordinary sensei, then he was ratified. 

     [ "ratify" ]

    1: (n) to dirty something by putting it in contact with a nonsterile rat.

      * e.g.,  ... We must touch the constitution with a rat in order to ratify it. 

     [ "ratified" ]

    1: Past tense of ratify

      * e.g.,  ... An amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America cannot be established unless the amendment is ratified, or approved (by a process), by a certain number of states. 

     [ "[ratify]" ]

    1: to officially approve.

      * e.g.,  ... Nine of the thirteen original colonies in the United States of America had to ratify the Constitution 

     [ "Ratify" ]

    1: To make someone, by force or own will, collaborate with the Police in capturing and arresting criminals by means of passing information relevant to whereabouts and actions of felons.

      * e.g.,  ... What a fucking clown! Steve got down with the feds and was ratified! Ratified, I tell you! You can believe Mario was angry as fuck after that! It's sure as hell never a good sign when the cops ratify someone's ass! 

     [ "Ratified" ]

    1: When a member of the friend group wants to initiate in the consumption of a potentially harmful substance (e.g. cocaine), said friend must get formal consent from the group. If majority approval is given, consumption is allowed. Can also be applied to less harmful substances at odd hours (e.g. morning beers).

      * e.g.,  ... Randy: Breakfast beers anyone? 

     [ "Ratify" ]

    1: To turn an object or person in to a rat through magical or scientific means.

      * e.g.,  ... I will fucking ratify you, you shitfaced whore. 

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