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countervote

verb
/ˌkaʊntə(ɹ)ˈvəʊt/

Etymology

From counter- + vote.

  1. derived from *h₁wegʷʰ-✻ — “to promise, to vow”
  2. derived from vōtum
  3. prefixed as countervote — “counter + vote”

Definitions

  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.

  3. A vote that goes against another.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA