Vote , v. t. 1. To
choose by suffrage; to elec&?;; as, to vote a candidate into office.
2. To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the
legislature voted the resolution.
Parliament voted them one hundred thousand
pounds.
Swift.
3. To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by a vote; as, he was voted a bore. [Colloq.]
4.
To condemn; to devote; to
doom. [Obs.] Glanvill.
Vote (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Voted; p. pr. & vb. n. Voting.]
[Cf. F. voter.] To express or signify the mind, will, or
preference, either
viva voce, or by ballot, or
by other authorized means, as in electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations, etc., or in deciding on
any proposition in which one
has an interest with
others.
The vote for a
duelist is to assist in
the prostration of justice, and, indirectly, to encourage the crime.
L. Beecher. To
vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires a great amount of information.
F. W. Robertson.
Vote (?), n. [L. votum a vow, wish, will, fr. vovere, votum, to vow: cf. F.
vote. See Vow.]
1. An ardent wish or desire; a vow;
a prayer. [Obs.]
Massinger.
2. A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any
measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in
passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.
3. That by means of
which will or preference is expressed in elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a ticket; as, a
written vote.
The freeman casting with unpurchased hand
The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.
Holmes. 4. Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of
a number; as, the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence.
5.
Votes, collectively; as, the Tory
vote; the labor vote.
Casting vote,
Cumulative vote,
etc. See under Casting, Cumulative, etc.
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