ratify
v. C1 Advanced US //ˈɹætəˌfaɪ// UK //ɹˈætɪfˌaɪ// rat·i·fy
v. to officially agree to a decision or a document so that it becomes legal. You use this when a group or a country signs a deal to make it official.
v. to formally approve or confirm a decision, treaty, or agreement. Often used in legal or political contexts to describe the process of making a document official.
The committee must ratify the new rules before they start.
The treaty will not be legally binding until the president ratifies it with the national parliament.
After months of intense negotiation, the final agreement was ratified by both nations, marking a significant milestone in their long-standing diplomatic efforts to resolve the border dispute.
From Old French ratifier, from Medieval Latin ratifico, from Latin ratus (“reckoned”).