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voting |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vote \Vote\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Voted}; p. pr & vb n. {Voting}.] [Cf. F. voter.] 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Voting \Vot"ing\, 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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: voting n : a choice that is made by voting; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion" [syn: {vote}, {ballot}, {balloting}]
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