state

1. A condition or collection of circumstances.

2. A government power that acts as an authority over a geographical area. (The states in the United States of America have a federal government.)

1. I am insane; my state of mind is poor.

2. California is a state within the United States of America

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ratify

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.

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demigod

A human who has been made into a god; a transcendent human; a person who has qualities of a god.

Catholics view Mary, the mother of Jesus, as a demigod.

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demigods

Plural of demigod.

Catholics view the saints as demigods.

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American citizen

Not to be confused with U.S. citizen, an American citizen is a person who is a citizen of (one or some of) the fifty states of America.

I am an American citizen, born in Minnesota and living in California.

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pronounce

- to say orally
- to declare authoritatively or ceremoniously

He pronounced my name correctly.

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ratified

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.

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