VOTES
Noun
votes
plural of vote
Verb
votes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vote
Anagrams
• Stevo, ovest, stove, vetos
Noun
Votes
plural of Vote
Anagrams
• Stevo, ovest, stove, vetos
Source: Wiktionary
VOTE
Vote, n. Etym: [L. votum a vow, wish, will, fr. vovere, votum, to
vow: cf. F. vote. See Vow.]
1. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. [Obs.] Massinger.
2. 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.
3. 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. Holmes.
4. 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.
5. Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote. Casting
vote, Cumulative vote, etc. See under Casting, Cumulative, etc.
Vote, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Voted; p. pr. & vb. n. Voting.] Etym: [Cf.
F. voter.]
Definition: 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.
Vote, v. t.
1. To choose by suffrage; to elecas, 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. Swift.
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.] Glanvill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition