Definition of vote

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Vote (n.) 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..

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Ballot :: Ballot (v. t.) To vote for or in opposition to.
Suffragist :: Suffragist (n.) One who possesses or exercises the political right of suffrage; a voter.
Elector :: Elector (n.) One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.
Lorettine :: Lorettine (n.) One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the Western United States..
Town :: Town (adv. & prep.) The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways..
Canvass :: Canvass (n.) Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes..
Trap :: Trap (n.) A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at..
Grace :: Grace (n.) An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree..
Glyptotheca :: Glyptotheca (n.) A building or room devoted to works of sculpture.
Majority :: Majority (n.) The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See Plurality..
Vote :: Vote (v. t.) To choose by suffrage; to elec/; as, to vote a candidate into office..
Pot-walloper :: Pot-walloper (n.) A voter in certain boroughs of England, where, before the passage of the reform bill of 1832, the qualification for suffrage was to have boiled (walloped) his own pot in the parish for six months..
Ticket :: Ticket (v.) A printed list of candidates to be voted for at an election; a set of nominations by one party for election; a ballot.
Closure :: Closure (v. t.) A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word cloture was originally applied to this proceeding.
Redemptorist :: Redemptorist (n.) One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth..
Devote :: Devote (v. t.) To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun; as, to devote one's self to science, to one's friends, to piety, etc..
Hackney :: Hackney (a.) Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors..
Reconsideration :: Reconsideration (n.) The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body..
Pilgrim :: Pilgrim (n.) One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims. See Palmer..
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