Your ShelfYour Projects
Webster's Dictionary (1865)

3 entries under this word

Vote

Vōte, n.

noun

n. [Fr. vote, O. Fr. & Pr. vot, Sp., Pg., & It. voto, from Lat. votum, a vow, wish, will, from vovere, votum, to vow.] 1. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. [Obs. and rare.] I. The end of my Devotions is, that one and the same hour May make us fit for heaven. S. I join with you In my votes that way. Manager.

  1. Wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or 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 man to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, and the like; suffrage.
  2. That by which will or preference is expressed in elections, or in deciding propositions; a ballot, ticket, or the like; as, a written vote.
  3. Expression of will by a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous.

Vōte, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. VOTED; p. pr. & vb. n. VOTING.] [Fr. voter, Sp. & Pg. votar, It. votare, Pr. votar.] To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either viva voce, or by ballot, or other authorized means, as in electing men to office, or in passing laws, regulations, and the like, or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an interest with others.

To vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration of justice, and, indirectly, to encourage the crime. L. Beecher.

To vote in this way, to vote incorruptibly, to vote on high motives, to vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires a great amount of information. F. W. Robertson.

Vōte, v. t.

verbtransitive

Sense 1. To choose by suffrage; to elect; as, the citizens voted their candidate into office with little opposition.

Sense 2. To enact, establish, grant, or the like, by a vote; to determine; as, the legislature voted the resolution unanimously.

Parliament voted them a hundred thousand pounds. Swift.

Sense 3. To condemn; to devote, or doom. [Obs.]