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VOTE, n. [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.
1913 Definition
Vote (vote)
n.(?)
Vote
[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.

  6. 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.

  7. To choose by suffrage] to elec(?); as, to vote a candidate into office.
  8. To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution.

    Parliament voted them one hundred thousand pounds. Swift.

  9. To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by a vote; as, he was voted a bore.
    [Colloq.]
  10. To condemn; to devote; to doom.
    [Obs.] Glanvill.
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Noah Says...
The brief exposition of the constitution of the United States, will unfold to young persons the principles of republican government; and it is the sincere desire of the writer that our citizens should early understand that the genuine source of correct republican principles is the Bible, particularly the New Testament or the Christian religion.
 History of the United States :: 1832 




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