countervote
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (verb) IPA(key): /ˌkaʊntə(ɹ)ˈvəʊt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (noun) IPA(key): /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌvəʊt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Verb[edit]
countervote (third-person singular simple present countervotes, present participle countervoting, simple past and past participle countervoted)
- To vote against.
- 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.
- 1697-1698, John Scott, Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects
Noun[edit]
countervote (plural countervotes)
- A vote that goes against another.
References[edit]
“countervote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.