Countervote

//ˌkaʊntə(ɹ)ˈvəʊt// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A vote that goes against another.
Verb
  1. 1
    To vote against.
  2. 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."

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From counter- + vote.

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