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501 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TOWN.8 (Noah Webster)
4. The inhabitants of a town. The town voted to send two representatives to the legislature, or they voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
502 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNANIMOUS.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Formed by unanimity; as a unanimous vote.
503 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNANIMOUSNESS.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Proceeding from unanimity; as the unanimousness of a vote.
504 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNDERSTANDINGLY.1 (Noah Webster)
UNDERSTANDINGLY, adv. Intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension of a question or subject; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly.
505 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNVOTE.1 (Noah Webster)
UNVOTE, v.t. To contravene by vote a former vote; to annul a former vote.
506 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. V.1 (Noah Webster)
… ver, vote, lavish.
507 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VENAL.5 (Noah Webster)
3. Purchased; as a venal vote.
508 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VIVARY.3 (Noah Webster)
Viva voce, [L.] by word of mouth; as, to vote viva voce.
509 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOCAL.6 (Noah Webster)
VOCAL, n. Among the Romanists, a man who has a right to vote in certain elections.
510 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOICE.4 (Noah Webster)
3. A vote; suffrage; opinion or choice expressed. Originally voice was the oral utterance of choice, but it now signifies any vote however given.
511 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOICE.22 (Noah Webster)
3. To vote.
512 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOICELESS.1 (Noah Webster)
VOICELESS, a. vois’less. Having no voice or vote.
513 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOTE.1 (Noah Webster)
VOTE, n. [L. votum, from voveo, to vow. Votum is properly wish or will.]
514 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOTE.2 (Noah Webster)
… person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a man to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations and the like. This vote or expression …
515 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOTE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. That by which will or preference is expressed in elections or in deciding propositions; a ballot; a ticket, etc.; as a written vote.
516 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOTE.4 (Noah Webster)
3. Expression of will be a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous.
517 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOTE.6 (Noah Webster)
… to vote for the best men to fill offices, according to their best knowledge and belief.
518 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOTE.7 (Noah Webster)
To vote for a duelist, is to assist in the prostration of justice, and indirectly to encourage the crime.
519 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOTE.8 (Noah Webster)
VOTE, v.t.
520 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOTE.9 (Noah Webster)
1. To choose by suffrage; to elect by some expression of will; as, the citizens voted their candidate into office with little opposition.