Vote

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

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.

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.

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.

Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.

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.

To choose by suffrage; to elec/; as, to vote a candidate into office.

To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution.

To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by a vote; as, he was voted a bore.

To condemn; to devote; to doom.

a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920"

a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person"

the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the question to a vote"