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481 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRESIDENCY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. The office of president. Washington was elected to the presidency of the United States by a unanimous vote of the electors.
482 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROTEST.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To make a solemn declaration expressive of opposition; with against; as, he protests against your votes.
483 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROXY.3 (Noah Webster)
… to vote for him in his absence.
484 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROXY.4 (Noah Webster)
3. In popular use, an election or day of voting for officers of government.
485 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. QUALIFIED.3 (Noah Webster)
… subsequent vote of the two houses, passed in conformity with the provisions of the constitution.
486 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RECONSIDER.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To annul; to take into consideration a second time and rescind; as, to reconsider a motion in a legislative body; to reconsider a vote. The vote has been reconsidered, that is, rescinded.
487 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REPORT.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To bear or bring back an answer, or to relate what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained. The committee reported the whole number of votes.
488 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RESCIND.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To abrogate; to revoke; to annul; to vacate an act by the enacting authority or by superior authority; as, to rescind a law, a resolution or a vote; to rescind an edict or decree; to rescind a judgment.
489 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RESOLVE.12 (Noah Webster)
8. To form or constitute by resolution, vote or determination; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.
490 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RESOLVE.19 (Noah Webster)
2. To determine by vote. The legislature resolved to receive no petitions after a certain day.
491 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RESOLVED.4 (Noah Webster)
3. Determined officially or by vote.
492 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RUN.86 (Noah Webster)
56. In elections, to have interest or favor; to be supported by votes. The candidate will not run, or he will run well.
493 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SCATTERING.3 (Noah Webster)
2. a. Not united; divided among many; as scattering votes.
494 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SCRUTINY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Close search; minute inquiry; critical examinatiion; as a scrutiny of votes; narrower scrutiny. In the heat of debate, observations may escape a prudent man which will not bear the test of scrutiny.
495 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SCRUTINY.4 (Noah Webster)
3. In the canon law, a ticket or little paper billet on which a vote is written.
496 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUCCESSION.8 (Noah Webster)
To vote succession from a native prince?
497 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUFFRAGAN.1 (Noah Webster)
SUFFRAGAN, a. [L. suffragans, assisting; suffragor, to vote for, to favor.] Assisting; as a suffragan bishop.
498 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUFFRAGATE.1 (Noah Webster)
SUFFRAGATE, v.t. [L. suffragor.] To vote with. [Not in use.]
499 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUFFRAGATOR.1 (Noah Webster)
SUFFRAGATOR, n. [L.] One who assists or favors by his vote.
500 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUFFRAGE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A vote; a voice given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust. Nothing can be more grateful to a good man than to be elevated to office by the unbiased suffrages of free enlightened citizens.