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noun Voting n. A. & n. from Vote, v. Voting paper, a form of ballot containing the names of more candidates than there are offices to be filled, the voter making a mark against the preferred names. (Eng.)
verb Vote v. t. 1.To choose by suffrage; to elect; 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." 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.)
Vote v. i. (past & past part. voted; pres. part. voting) 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." "To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires a great amount of information."
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