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to officially approve.

Nine of the thirteen original colonies in the United States of America had to ratify the Constitution

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

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

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

Woah that that room just got ratified!!

1. to approve and/or give formal consent (governmental)

2. to have your name changed on discord to a rat emoticon

1. When the U. S. Constitution was signed it was ratified.

2. I have no choice but to ratify you.
2b. Can I be ratified?
2c. Ratify me!

To make more rat-like.

Splinter was an ordinary sensei, then he was ratified.

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

We must touch the constitution with a rat in order to ratify it.

or

Don't touch that container with an ungloved hand - it's been ratified, since Whiskers was just playing in it.

Past tense of ratify

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.