ratify
verb (used with object)
to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction.
had ratified
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past perfectof ratify.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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President Macron declared in his opening speech that an additional 15 had ratified but that only brings the total number to 47.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2025
Averting a strike that could have shaken the U.S. economy, the union representing more than 300,000 United Parcel Service employees announced Tuesday that its members had ratified a new labor agreement with the shipping giant.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
The southern states decided they were no longer going to play by the rules of the Constitution they had ratified, so they started firing cannonballs at Fort Sumter, a military installation of the United States.
From Salon ● May 22, 2023
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Tuesday it had ratified the settlement.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
Tennessee had ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, which would now become part of the US Constitution.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
