All 5 Uses of
ratify
in
Gone with the Wind
- "They've flatly refused to ratify the amendment," said Grandpa Merriwether and there was pride in his voice.
Chpt 4.42ratify = approve
- There had been a Thirteenth Amendment ratified sometime before or maybe it had been the Sixteenth Amendment but what ratification meant she had no idea.
Chpt 4.42ratified = approved
- There had been a Thirteenth Amendment ratified sometime before or maybe it had been the Sixteenth Amendment but what ratification meant she had no idea.
Chpt 4.42ratification = approval
- It was submitted to the legislature and they refused to ratify it.
Chpt 4.42ratify = approve
- As Ashley had prophesied, there had been hell to pay since the legislature refused to ratify the amendment. [giving all races the right to vote]
Chpt 4.44 *ratify = approve or accept
Definition:
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(ratify) to approve -- typically the formal approval of an agreement by an organization