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RATIFIED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ratified mean?
• RATIFIED (adjective)
The adjective RATIFIED has 1 sense:
1. formally approved and invested with legal authority
Familiarity information: RATIFIED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Formally approved and invested with legal authority
Synonyms:
ratified; sanctioned
Similar:
legal (established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules)
Context examples
But it was a weary time before the peace was ratified, and it was April of next year before our great day came round to us.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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