reratify

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verb

To ratify again.

OriginEnglish ratify ← Middle English ratifien ← Old French ratifier →
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Meanings

verbreratify (third-person singular simple present reratifies, present participle reratifying, simple past and past participle reratified)

present singular third person reratifies · participle present reratifying · participle past reratified · past reratified · alternative re-ratify

  1. To ratify again.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂reh₁-
  8. Proto-Italic*rēōr
  9. Latinreor
  10. Latinratus
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  12. Proto-Italic*θakos
  13. Medieval Latinratifico
  14. Old Frenchratifier
  15. Middle Englishratifien
  16. Englishratify
  17. Englishreratify

From re- + ratify.

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APA

reratify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reratify

MLA

“reratify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reratify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reratify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reratify.

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