Veto: alternatives and connections

Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.

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of Ballot

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To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.

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To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

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Same as Poor, the fish.

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To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

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An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.

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of Vote

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A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.

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A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or re…

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To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.

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To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

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To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as,…

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To make or declare illegal or unlawful.

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A kiln.

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A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.

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The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.

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The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.

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Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a neg…

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Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a neg…

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One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.

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One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.

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An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.

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A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.

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To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge.

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of Forbid

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To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.

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Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a neg…

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One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.

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To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, an…

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To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.

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