All 5 Uses

ratify
in
Gone with the Wind
(Edited)

"They've flatly refused to ratify the amendment," said Grandpa Merriwether and there was pride in his voice.
Chpt 4.42

ratify = 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 4.42

ratified = 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 4.42

ratification = approval
It was submitted to the legislature and they refused to ratify it.
Chpt 4.42

ratify = 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

Definitions:

(1) (ratify)
to approve -- typically the formal approval of an agreement by an organization
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)