Definition of Vote

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Definition of Vote

Vote

An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.

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.

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.

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.

Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor 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.

To choose by suffrage; to elec/; as, to vote a candidate into office.

To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution.

To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by a vote; as, he was voted a bore.

To condemn; to devote; to doom.

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Vote Quotations

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
Barack Obama

I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.
John F. Kennedy

I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.
John F. Kennedy

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
Theodore Roosevelt

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).
Ayn Rand

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.
Will Rogers

Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.
W. C. Fields

I never vote for anyone. I always vote against.
W. C. Fields

We don't want someone who will get 98 percent of the vote. We want someone who will get 51 percent of the vote.
Ann Coulter

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Vote Translations

vote in Danish is stemme
vote in Dutch is balloteren, kiezen, stemmen
vote in German is abstimmen, Abstimmung, Abstimmung {f}
vote in Italian is voce, eleggere, votazione, votare, elezione
vote in Latin is suffragium, sentio
vote in Portuguese is voto
vote in Spanish is voto, electivo, votacion, voz, votar

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