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Webster 1913 Edition

Vote

Vote

,
Noun.
[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.

Vote

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To choose by suffrage; to elec[GREEK];
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vote

VOTE

,
Noun.
[L. votum, from voveo, to vow. Votum is properly wish or will.]
1.
Suffrage; 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 man to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations and the like. This vote or expression of will may be given by holding up the hand, by rising and standing up, by the voice, [viva voce.] by ballot, by a ticket or otherwise. All these modes and others are used. Hence,
2.
That by which will or preference is expressed in elections or in deciding propositions; a ballot; a ticket, &c.; as a written vote.
3.
Expression of will be a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous.
4.
United voice in public prayer.

Definition 2024

voté

voté

See also: vote, Vote, !vote, and vot'e

Asturian

Verb

voté

  1. first-person singular indefinite preterite indicative of votar

French

Verb

voté m ‎(feminine singular votée, masculine plural votés, feminine plural votées)

  1. past participle of voter

Anagrams

Spanish

Verb

voté

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of votar.

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