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suffrage

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Suffrage  \Suf"frage\,  n.  [F.,  fr  L.  suffragium  perhaps 
  originally,  a  broken  piece,  a  potsherd,  used  in  voting,  and 
  fr  sub  under  +  the  root  of  frangere  to  break.  See  {Break}.] 
  1.  A  vote  given  in  deciding  a  controverted  question,  or  in 
  the  choice  of  a  man  for  an  office  or  trust;  the  formal 
  expression  of  an  opinion;  assent;  vote. 
 
  I  ask  your  voices  and  your  suffrages.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Testimony;  attestation;  witness;  approval. 
 
  Lactantius  and  St  Austin  confirm  by  their  suffrage 
  the  observation  made  by  heathen  writers. 
  --Atterbury. 
 
  Every  miracle  is  the  suffrage  of  Heaven  to  the  truth 
  of  a  doctrine.  --South. 
 
  3.  (Eccl.) 
  a  A  short  petition,  as  those  after  the  creed  in  matins 
  and  evensong. 
  b  A  prayer  in  general,  as  one  offered  for  the  faithful 
  departed.  --Shipley. 
 
  I  firmly  believe  that  there  is  a  purgatory,  and 
  that  the  souls  therein  detained  are  helped  by 
  the  suffrages  of  the  faithful.  --Creed  of 
  Pope  Pius  IV 
 
  4.  Aid;  assistance.  [A  Latinism]  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Suffrage  \Suf"frage\,  v.  t. 
  To  vote  for  to  elect.  [Obs.]  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  suffrage 
  n  :  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"  [syn:  {right  to 
  vote},  {vote}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  SUFFRAGE,  n.  Expression  of  opinion  by  means  of  a  ballot.  The  right 
  of  suffrage  (which  is  held  to  be  both  a  privilege  and  a  duty)  means 
  as  commonly  interpreted,  the  right  to  vote  for  the  man  of  another 
  man's  choice,  and  is  highly  prized.  Refusal  to  do  so  has  the  bad  name 
  of  "incivism."  The  incivilian  however,  cannot  be  properly  arraigned 
  for  his  crime,  for  there  is  no  legitimate  accuser.  If  the  accuser  is 
  himself  guilty  he  has  no  standing  in  the  court  of  opinion;  if  not  he 
  profits  by  the  crime,  for  A's  abstention  from  voting  gives  greater 
  weight  to  the  vote  of  B.  By  female  suffrage  is  meant  the  right  of  a 
  woman  to  vote  as  some  man  tells  her  to  It  is  based  on  female 
  responsibility,  which  is  somewhat  limited.  The  woman  most  eager  to 
  jump  out  of  her  petticoat  to  assert  her  rights  is  first  to  jump  back 
  into  it  when  threatened  with  a  switching  for  misusing  them




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