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  Vote Recorder—Edison's First Patented Invention
• WordNet 3.6
  • v vote express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote "He voted for the motion","None of the Democrats voted last night"
  • v vote bring into existence or make available by vote "They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia"
  • v vote express a choice or opinion "I vote that we all go home","She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant"
  • v vote express one's choice or preference by vote "vote the Democratic ticket"
  • v vote be guided by in voting "vote one's conscience"
  • n vote the opinion of a group as determined by voting "they put the question to a vote"
  • n vote a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion","they allowed just one vote per person"
  • n vote a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment "American women got the vote in 1920"
  • n vote the total number of voters who participated "they are expecting a large vote"
  • n vote a body of voters who have the same interests "he failed to get the Black vote"
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• Interesting fact: In the 1985 Boise, Idaho mayoral election, there were four write-in votes for Mr. Potato Head
• • Vote 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.
  • Vote An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
  • Vote 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.
  • Vote 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."
  • Vote To choose by suffrage; to elect; as, to vote a candidate into office.
  • Vote To condemn; to devote; to doom.
  • Vote To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by a vote; as, he was voted a bore.
  • Vote To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution. "Parliament voted them one hundred thousand pounds."
  • v. i Vote 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."
  • Vote Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote .
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• Interesting fact: Bill Clinton is the only President ever to be elected twice without ever receiving 50% of the popular vote. He had 43 percent in 1992 and 49 percent in 1996.
• • n vote An ardent wish or desire; a prayer; a vow.
  • n vote A suffrage; the formal expression of a will, preference, wish, 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 fill a certain situation or office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc. This vote or choice may be expressed by holding up the hand, by standing up, by the voice (viva voce), by ballot, or otherwise.
  • n vote Hence That by which will or preference is expressed in elections; a ballot, a ticket, etc.: as, a written vote.
  • n vote That which is allowed, conveyed, or bestowed by the will of a majority; a thing conferred by vote; a grant: as, the ministry received a vote of confidence; the vote for the civil service amounted to $24,000,000.
  • n vote Expression of will by a majority; decision by some expression of the minds of a number; result of voting: as, the vote was unanimous; the vote was close.
  • n vote Votes collectively: as, a movement to capture the labor vote
  • vote To give a vote; formally to express or signify the mind, will, or choice in electing persons to office, or in passing laws, regulations, and the like, or in deciding as to any measure in which one has an interest in common with others.
  • vote To enact or establish by vote, as a resolution or an amendment.
  • vote To grant by vote, as an appropriation.
  • vote To declare by general consent; characterize by expression of opinion: as, they voted the trip a failure.
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• Interesting fact: Rutherford Hayes became U.S. President by one vote.
• • n Vote vōt expression of a wish or opinion, as to a matter in which one has interest: that by which a choice is expressed, as a ballot: decision by a majority: something granted by the will of the majority
  • v.i Vote to express the choice by a vote
  • v.t Vote to choose by a vote: to grant by a vote:
  • v.t Vote (coll.) to declare by general consent
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• W. C. Fields

  

  “I never vote for anyone. I always vote against.”
• W. S. Gilbert

  

  “I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.”
• William Porcher Miles

  

  “Vote early and vote often.”
• Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

  

  “Votes should be weighed not counted.”
• Das Energi

  

  “Vote with your life; vote yes!”
• Doug Gwyn

  

  “Truth is not determined by majority vote.”

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