*vote*

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Devoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Devoting. ] [ L. devotus, p. p. of devovere; de + vovere to vow. See Vow, and cf. Devout, Devow. ] 1. To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city was devoted to the flames. [ 1913 Webster ]

No devoted thing that a man shall devote unto the Lord . . . shall be sold or redeemed. Lev. xxvii. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To execrate; to curse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun; as, to devote one's self to science, to one's friends, to piety, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy servant who is devoted to thy fear. Ps. cxix. 38. [ 1913 Webster ]

They devoted themselves unto all wickedness. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

A leafless and simple branch . . . devoted to the purpose of climbing. Gray.

Syn. -- To addict; apply; dedicate; consecrate; resign; destine; doom; consign. See Addict. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. devotus, p. p. ] Devoted; addicted; devout. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A devotee. [ Obs. ] Sir E. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout; as, a devoted admirer. -- De*vot"ed*ly, adv. -- De*vot"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot. [ 1913 Webster ]

While Father Le Blanc was very devout he was not a devotee. A. S. Hardy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow. [ R. ] Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who devotes; a worshiper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. indevotus: cf. F. indévot. Cf. Indevout. ] Not devoted. [ Obs. ] Bentley. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To exceed in the number of votes given; to defeat by votes. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To outvote; to outnumber in votes given. [ R. ] Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Ovum, and Testis. ] (Zool.) An organ which produces both ova and spermatozoids; an hermaphrodite gland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Devoted in person, or by one's own will. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Self-devotion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + vote. ] To reverse or annul by vote, as a former vote. [ R. ] Bp, Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. votum a vow, wish, will, fr. vovere, votum, to vow: cf. F. vote. See Vow. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. [ Obs. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The freeman casting with unpurchased hand
The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. Holmes. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote. [ 1913 Webster ]

Casting vote,
Cumulative vote, etc. See under Casting, Cumulative, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Voted; p. pr. & vb. n. Voting. ] [ Cf. F. voter. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration of justice, and, indirectly, to encourage the crime. L. Beecher. [ 1913 Webster ]

To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires a great amount of information. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To choose by suffrage; to elec&unr_;; as, to vote a candidate into office. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

Parliament voted them one hundred thousand pounds. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by a vote; as, he was voted a bore. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To condemn; to devote; to doom. [ Obs. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]