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VETEBASCENT.
Umiv, CycL (1893) I. 355/2 The proportion was at first a
little over three pieces for 1,000 infantry, but as the latter
became more "veteranized this was reduced to about two
pieces. 1891 Ce
of pardon.
Vetiver (vctivaj). Also -veyr, -vert, vitivert.
[ad. F. v^tyver^ ad. Tamil vettiverti (f. ver
root).] = Cuscua-.
[1846 LiNDLEv Veget. Kingd. 113 The Anatherum muricatum,
called Vetiver by the French, and Khus in India.]
1858 SiMMONDS Diet. Trade, Vetiveyr, a name for the
Khuskus grass ; a scent or perfume so named. 1883 /bid.,
Vetivert, a perfumer's name for kuskus root. 1886 Buck's
Handbk. Med. Sci. II. 308/1 Aromatic substances, such as
vanilla, tonba bean, orris, and vetiver root. 1899 M. Thornhill
Haunts Indian Official 18, I saw some [roots of Khus-
khus] once years ago in a shop in Bond Street. It was there
' known under the name of vltivert'.
Vetles, southern ME. variant of Fetles Obs.
Veto (vrti7), sb. [a. L. veto I forbid (ist pers,
sing. pres. ind. oi vetdre) j the word by which the
Roman tribunes of the people opposed measures
of the Senate or actions of the magistrates. Hence
also F., Sp., Pg., It. veto.]
1. A prohibition having for its object or result
the prevention of a proposed or intended act ; the
power of thus preventing or checking action by
prohibition. Freq. in phr. to put (also p/ace, set)
a veto on or upon (something).
1629 Sir W. Mure True Crucijix 1108 Hee who doth
exalt Himselfe to raigne, . . Dare gainst this Law most impudently
stand, And God's great Veto boldly counter-mand.
1654 Trapf Comm., Zach. \\. 13 God . . refraineth the remainder
of mans wrath. ..If he do but. .Interpose his Veto.
1788 H. VValpole Remin. in Lett. (1857) I. p. cxyiii, They
persuaded her to demand of the new King an earl's coronet
for Lord Bathurst. She did— the Queen put in her veto,
and Swift.. returned to Ireland [etc.]. 1794 U. Price Ess.
Picturesque 1. 43 note, Had I not advanced too far to think
of retreating, I might possibly have been deterred by so
absolute a veto from such authority. 1809 Syd. Smith Wks.
{1859) I. 139/1 It is not the practice with destroyers of vermin
to allow the little victims a veto upon the weapons used
against them, 1837 Lockhart Scott III. x. 323 Upon this
ingenious proposition Scott at once set his veto. 1866 Geo.
Eliot F. Holt xxiv, The Rector had beforehand put a veto
on any Dissenting qhairman. 1B67 Baker NiU Tribut. xv.
{1872) 255 They were much displeased at my immediately
placing a veto upon their bloody intentions.
trans/. 1865 Mozley Mirac. lii. 73^ Confounding the resistance
of impression to a miracle with the veto of reason.
2. spec. The act, on the part of a competent
person or body, of preventing or checking legislative
or other political action by the exercise of a
prohibitory power ; the right or power to interpose
prohibition against the passing, or putting in
force, of an enactment or measure.
[1759 E. W. Montagu Anc. Republics JiTi The Carthaginian
constitution, where the single, Veto, of one discontented
senator, referr'd the decision of the most important
affair to a wrong-headed, ungovernable populace.] 1792 A.
Young Trav. Fratu:e 127, I was- .answered, that the King
of France must have no veto on the will of the nation. 1806
Gazetteer Scot. (ed. 2) p. xxviii, In fact, though the king
possessed no veto.^ yet . . nothing could come before parliament
which could require his negative. 1841 .W. Spalding Italy
9f It. Isl. 1. 87 He deprived the plebeian tribunes of every
prerogative except the veto, which he restricted to certain
cases. j86o Motley Netherl. (1868) II. xii. 112 It could
neither enact its own decrees nor interpose a veto on the
decrees of the Governor. 1888 BRVCE/4?«^r, Commw. I.
xvi. 232 The President's veto kills off some vicious measures.
\i. Without article.
1837 Carlvle Fr. Rev. i. vii. i, Journalism is busy, France
rings with Veto. 1879 M. Arnold Mixed Ess., Irish Catkol.
124 The bishops claimed, .the right of veto on the appointment
of professors.
3. attrib., as veto power, proposition, etc.
Veto Act, an act of the General Assembly of the Church
of Scotland, passed in 1834, providing that no minister
should be presented to a parish against the wish of the
congregation.
1838 Edinb. Christian Instructor Jan. 47 Cases of Tain
and Strathbogie.—Veto Act. 1840 in Acts Gen. Assembly
(1B43) 1103 The act anent calls, called the Veto Act. 1861
W. J. FiTZ-pATRicK Life Doyle (1880) I. 163 The friends of
the Catholic claims had abandoned the old veto propositions.
1883 Harper's Mag. Nov. 941/2 While it did not give them
actiial control, [it] allowed the exercise of a veto power
somewhat akin to it.
VETTUMNO.
Veto (vrttf), V. [f. prec]
1. trans. To put a veto on, to refuse consent to;
to stop or block by this means : a. With reference
to legislative measures or similar matters.
1706 Hearne Collect, i Apr. (O.H.S.) I. 213 Letters for
degrees, .vetoed, by the Proctors. 1837 Ht. Martineau
Soc, Amer. II. 210 Mr. Monroe vetoed the bill authorising
the collection of tolls for the repair of the Cumberland road.
1861 yiKY Const. Hist. (1863) III. xvii. 572 Measures passed
by tlie assembly were refused by the council, or vetoed by
the governor. 1888 Bryce Amer. Commw. I. i. vi. 74
Washington vetoed (to use the popular expression) two bills
only. Ibid. App. 563 The President is permitted to veto
any particular Item.
b. In general use.
1879 E. K. Bates Egypt. Bonds I. vii. 146 Fred's common
sense vetoes this suggestion at once, 1886 H. F. Lester
Under T1V0 Fig Trees 7 The area garden plan was unanimously
vetoed. 1902 BucHAN Watcher by Threshold 1^2,
I proposed shooting, which he promptly vetoed.
trans/. 1871 E. F. Burr Ad Fidem iv. 66 [God] will be
hampered by no necessity of general laws. The nature of
free moral agents will not veto His activity.
2. To refuse to admit or accept (a person).
1885 Graphic 24 Jan. 74/2 The right of vetoing persons
whom they deemed ineligible. 1891 Spectator 21 Mar., The
power of choosing their own Prime Minister, and ..the
power of immediately vetoing and removing him.
Hence Ve'toed ///. a, ; Ve-toing vbl. sb. and
ppi. a. Also Ve'toer, one who vetoes.
1893 Sir a. Gordon Earl 0/ Aberdeen vi. 144 Another
vetoed minister. .applied to the Court of Session to issue
a similar decree.. on his behalf. 1888 A'«w York Weekly
Tribune 24 Oct. i (Cent.), *Vetoer. 1892 Columbus (Ohio)
Dispatch 27 Sept., Cleveland's record as a vetoer of jpension
bills. 1867 Latham Black (^ White Ti. The President.,
used his pardoning and his *vetoing powers. 1890 Daily
News 12 July 5/5 A total of 433 Presidential vetolngs in the
century 1789-1889. 1892 Pa/l Mall G. 18 Feb. 2/2 The
committee suggested the establishment of a controlling and
vetoing body.
Ve'toism. rare. [f. Veto j^. + -I8M.] Exercise
or advocacy of the power of veto.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 17 Dec. (Cassell's Suppl.), Vetoism has
nothing to say against the immense amount spent in that
way.
Vetoist (v/'tiJiist). [f. Veto sb. + -ist.] One
who exercises the right, or supports the use, of the
veto ; one who advocates the possession of a power
of veto, esp. for some particular purpose.
The term has been specifically applied to supporters of
(a) a veto on the appointment of Roman Catholic bishops in
Ireland, {b) the Veto Act of the CImrch of Scotland, (c) local
veto on the sale of liquor.
i8z2 Netv Monthly Mag. V. 484 A little further on you
will come upon another, a group of learned vetoists and
antl-vetoists. 1832 Blackw. Mag. XXXI. 355 The vetoists
..intimate their disapprobation by hissing the unfortunate
performer. 1840 Gladstone Ch. Pi inc. 489 The principle
for which the Vetoists contend I believe Is . . really this [etc.].
X863 A. H. Charteris Life J. Robertson iv. 68 If. .the
vetoists desired to give effect to the people's conscientious
objections. 1896 IVestm. Gaz. 25 Nov. 5/2 He considers
that unless the Liberal Party is dissociated from the Temperance
reformers and Vetoists . . its future will be disastrous.
Hence Vetoi'stic, Vetoi'sticaX adjs.
1815 D. O'Connell in W. J. Amherst Hist. Cath.
Emancip. (1886) 11. 183 He came into Ireland on a veto-
Istical mission. 1861 W. J. Fitz-Pathick Li/e Doyle (1S80)
I. 163 Dr. Milner branded Mr. Pluiiket's bills as vetoistic.
1862 F.C. HusENBETH Life Bp. Milner i^s His subsequent
uniform opposition to every form of Vetoistical arrangement.
t Vetonfy. Obs. Also 5 vetoyne, 6 Sc. vetouii,
veyton, 7 vett'ny. [a. AF. *vetonie, OP\
vetoine, var. (after L. vettonicd) of betoine Betony.]
The plant betony.
a 1400 Stockholm Med. MS. 11. 99 in Anglia XVIII. 310
Betoyne is ^e erbis name, And vetonye eke in same, c 1440
in Thornton Romances p. xx.xvi. Take vervayne, or vetoyne,
or filles of wormod, and make lee therof. 15^9
Compl. Scot. vL 67, I sau veyton, the decoctione of it is
remeid for ane sair hede. 1568 Skevne The Pest (i860) 25
Of herbis. . . Pimpinell, Vetoun, Finkill. a 1689 Mrs. Behn
tr. Co7vley's Plants C.'s Wks. 1711 III. 295 From Spanish
Woods the wholsom Vett'ny came, The only Glory of the
Vettons Name.
Vette, southern ME. var. Fat v., Fet v.
Vettell, obs. form of Victual sb.
(vetz7*ra). [It. :— L. vectura, con-
II Vettura
veyance, carriage, f. vect-, vek^re to convey.] A
I
four-wheeled carriage used in Italy.
1792 [see next i]. 1851 J. Gibson in Lady Eastlake Life
iii. (1870) 45, I proceeded on my way in the vettura. 1M3
C. E. Norton Lett. (1913) II. x. 152 We took a Uttle one
horse vettura and drove, -to Ponte Grande.
llVetturino (vetwrrn^?). PI. -ini. Also 7
-ine. [It., f. vettura : see prec]
1. In Italy : One who lets out carriages or horses
on hire ; also, a driver of a vettura.
In early use, one who provided horses and made other
arrangements for the convenience of travellers whom he
accompanied on a journey.
1617 MouvsoN Itin. i. 99 We agreed with a Vetturine or
letter of horses, that each of us paying him fiftie five Poli,
hee should finde us horses, and horsemeate, and our owne
diet to Rome.