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law of the double vote had been, an implement of mr
directed against the throne. 187s Jowett F/ala (ed. s) V.
83 One is to he chosen by lot out of ten who are elected by
vote. iW^ tr. Loire's Logic 394 A number of groups in
each of which a separate vote is taken.
b. In the phrase to put to the vote, to submit to
the detasion of a meeting. Similarly (of a ques-
tion), to^ to the vole.
IS99 Hist, lyrilen to Signet U8v>) J34 It being put to vote
... the maist part voteit to the said incorporatioun. 1681 in
ActsParlt.ScolHrili) XII. 45/2 It was putt to the vote, If
the Act should be delayed or not, and was carried in the
negative. 1770 Lahghorne Plutarch V. 87 Cato, however,
before it was put to the vote, ascended the rostrum. 1813
New Monthly Mag. IX. 244/1 He implored the HoiBC not
to let the question go to the vote. 1857 TouLMiN Smith
Parish 58 He must then put it to the Vote whether the
meeting ' approve ' and ' confirm " the minutes. 1888 [see
Put r.' 22 b].
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a The collective support of a special number or
class of persons in a deliberative decision, election,
etc. (Cf. 7 c.)
1851 Gallesg V Italy 391 We must not, indeed, allow that
it was the result of the Lombard vote that turned Sardinia's
allies into enemies. 1884 Nation (N. Y.) 3 July 1/3 Mr.
Blaine will get the following ' voles '. The Hebrew vote,
because he spoke severely about the persecution of the Jews
by Russia ; the Dynamite vote, because he is down on the
English.
7. The right or privilege of exercismg the suffrage
; esp. in the phrase to have a vote.
a 1585 MoNTGOMERlE Cherry ^ Sloe 683 (Laing MS.), Thay
say Jat wayage neuir luckis, quhair ilk ane hes ane woit.
i^ in Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. (1913) 130 It is to be carrycd
by most voyces, because every Councillor hath equall vote
there. 1660 R. Coke Power ^ SuiJ. 109 If every man of
England has not a like vote and power in electing Members
for the House of Commons, then cannot the House of Commons
be the Representative of the Nation. i586 tr. Char-
Jin's Trav. Persia 5 Who has sufficient to drive a Trade
that will bear an Imposition of Eight Crowns, has as good
a Vote as he that Trades for an Hundred Thousand. 1765
Blackstose Comm. 1. 165 Every member of the community
..should have a vote in electing those delegates. 178a
Peiestley Corrupt. Chr. II. x. 229 The common people
ceased to have votes. 1829 Macaulay Mill on Go^-t. in
Eiitn. Rev. Mar. 177 On these grounds Mr. Mill recommends
that all males of mature age, rich and poor, educated
and ignorant, shall have votes. i8« Thirlwa r.i. Greece I.
;79 Each tribe, however feeble, had two votes in the dell-
g; jeration of the congress. 1866 Geo. Eliot F. Holt xi, He
. . was already a forty-shilling freeholder, and was conscious
of a vote for the county.
b. A person regarded merely as an embodiment
of the right to vote; also, a person possessing the
right to vote ; a voter.
1737 Pope Hor. P.p. 11. ii. 197 That from a Patriot of dis.
tingutsh'd note. Have bled and purg'd me to a simple Vole.
\a 1800 Devonshire's Noble Duel ii. in Child Ballads vii.
ri4/ 2 Then away to the Parliament these votes all went
again, And there they acted like just and honest men. x8o5
WOLCOT (P. Pindar) Tristia Wks. 1S12 V. 298 Oh 1 had I
been a vote, a borough vote, Then Fortune would have
squeezed me by thy hand. Hid. 299 To enter the votes'
houses up and down. 183Z R. S. Hawker in C. E. Byles i//i
xiii. (1905) 220, 1 am not a vole, but a .Man. The reverse is
the general fact. People are not Men but votes.
o. The aggregate of voters, esp. of a certain
class. (Cf. 6 c.)
1888 Daily Chron. 26 April (Cassell's) Alluding to the large
amount of the illiterate vote in Ireland.
8. A resolution or decision passed by, or carried
in, an assembly as the result of voting ; an expression
of opinion formally adopted by a meeting
of any kind.
1641 Jrnls. Ho. Comm. II. 230/2 Resolved.. That these
Votes shall be printed ; and attested under the Clerk's Hand.
1648 Hamilton Papers (Camden) 192 The disleinpers of the
Houses (to see their former votes eluded and PresUyterians]
lately excluded now so numerous to carie all votes with a
high hand) will grow suddenly to a great fire. 1682 A.
MuDlE Pres. St. Scotl. ii. 26 The Prerogatives of the Crown
are great, as Power of. .giving the Voles of Parliament, the
Authority of Laws. 1713 Steele Englishm. No. 2^7
That's the Gentleman who gained the first Vote [in the
Senate] against Hannibal. 1724 Swift Drapier's Lett.
Wks. 1738 IV. 62 Several smart Votes were printed. 1809
Med. Jrnl. XXI. 170 Pursuant to a Vote of the House
of Commons, passed in the last Session. 1855 in Blaikie
Livingstone ix. (1881) 185, I need not say that the award
was made by an unanimous and cordial vote. 1874 Gheen
Short Hist. ix. §9. 700 Marlborough was.. charged with
peculation, and condemned as guilty by a vote of the House
of Commons.
b. Const, of.
1837 Dickens Pickw. xiii, Then a vote of thanks was
moved to the mayor for his able conduct in the chair. 1863
H. Cox Instil. \. vi. 44 Subsequently in the session a further
vote of public money has been required. x88i Sat. Rev.
30 July 125/1 A majority, if it is good for anything, may be
relied upon to reject a vote of censure.
+ 9. A declaration or statement of i/pinion. Obs.
1634 Sir T. Herbert Trav. 206 [China] is by common
vote, reputed the greatest Empire in the Orient. 1650
BuLwER Antkropomet. 228 The Vote of the Proverb, for a
handsome Woman, would have her English to the Neck,
French to the Waste, and Dutch below._ a x68o Glanvill
Sadducismus 1. App. (1681) 179 That a thing should be, and
yet not be anywhere in the whole Universe, is so wild and
mad a vote., that it cannot be said by any man in his wits.
+ b. Reckoning, estimate. Obs.
1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. The End 30, I blush to see our
great Siracides ffatl to the Vote of alow Paraphrase.
10. attrib. and Comb., as vote-catching, -con-
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victed adjs., vote-monger ; Vote Office, the office
from which Parliamentary bills and papers are
issued to members of the House of Commons ;
vote-recorder, a mechanical contrivance for
registering votes.
.Mso in recent use vote-begging, -catcher, -getter, -seeker,
-splitter, -vjinner, etc.
1643 Sir J. Spelman Case 0/ Affairs 28 Making them
Vote-convicted State Heretickes. 1844 May Treat. Pari.
XX. 312 The Vote-office is charged with the delivery of
printed papers to members of the house. 1852 Disraeli
Ld. G. Bentinck viii. (1872) 103 The interview by appointment
took place in the Vote Office. 187s Knight Diet.
Mech. ZTi5/\ Vote-recorder. 1887 Huxi.ey in Darwin's
Life