countervote

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ vote

Pronunciation
  • (verb) IPA(key): /ˌkaʊntə(ɹ)ˈvəʊt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (noun) IPA(key): /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌvəʊt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Verb

countervote (third-person singular simple present countervotes, present participle countervoting, simple past and past participle countervoted)

  1. To vote against.
  2. To balance or overcome by voting.
    • 1697-1698, John Scott, Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects
      he would doubtless have been more a Friend to himself and a Father to his Family than to have countervoted God in his Choice and Election for him.

Noun

countervote (plural countervotes)

  1. A vote that goes against another.

References

countervote in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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