English Dictionary: vote out | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Violet \Vi"o*let\, n. [F. violette a violet (cf. violet violet-colored), dim. of OF. viole a violet, L. viola; akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Iodine}.] 1. (Bot.) Any plant or flower of the genus {Viola}, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy ({Viola tricolor}). Note: The cultivated sweet violet is {Viola odorata} of Europe. The common blue violet of the eastern United States is {V. cucullata}; the sand, or bird-foot, violet is {V. pedata}. 2. The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum. 3. In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color. --Mollett. 4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to {Lyc[91]na}, or {Rusticus}, and allied genera. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Motivate \Mo"ti*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-vated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {-vating}.] [From {Motive}, n.] To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite. -- {Mo`ti*va"tion}, n. --William James. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vat \Vat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vatted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vatting}.] To put or transfer into a vat. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vedette \Ve*dette"\, n. [F. vedette, It. vedetta, for veletta (influenced by vedere to see, L. videre), from It. veglia watch, L. vigilia. See {Vigil}.] A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger; a vidette. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Veto \Ve"to\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vetoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vetoing}.] To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curvet \Cur"vet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Curveted} or {-vetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Curveting} or {-vetting}.] [Cf. It. corvettare. See {Curvet}, n.] 1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. [bd]Oft and high he did curvet.[b8] --Drayton. 2. To leap and frisk; to frolic. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vidette \Vi*dette"\, n. (Mil.) Same {Vedette}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Viduity \Vi*du"i*ty\, n. [L. viduitas: cf. F. viduit[82].] Widowhood. [R.] [bd]Chaste viduity.[b8] --Ld. Ellenborough. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vitiate \Vi"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vitiated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vitiating}.] [L. vitiatus, p. p. vitiare to vitiate, fr. vitium a fault, vice. See {Vice} a fault.] [Written also {viciate}.] 1. To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air. A will vitiated and growth out of love with the truth disposes the understanding to error and delusion. --South. Without care it may be used to vitiate our minds. --Burke. This undistinguishing complaisance will vitiate the taste of readers. --Garth. 2. To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part; to make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of an instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud vitiates a contract. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vittate \Vit"tate\, a. [L. vittatus bound with a fillet, fr. vitta fillet.] 1. (Bot.) Bearing or containing vitt[91]. 2. Striped longitudinally. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Void \Void\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Voided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Voiding}.] [OF. voidier, vuidier. See {Void}, a.] 1. To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table. Void anon her place. --Chaucer. If they will fight with us, bid them come down, Or void the field. --Shak. 2. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements. A watchful application of mind in voiding prejudices. --Barrow. With shovel, like a fury, voided out The earth and scattered bones. --J. Webster. 3. To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify. After they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken. --Bp. Burnet. It was become a practice . . . to void the security that was at any time given for money so borrowed. --Clarendon. | |
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Voided \Void"ed\, a. 1. Emptied; evacuated. 2. Annulled; invalidated. 3. (Her.) Having the inner part cut away, or left vacant, a narrow border being left at the sides, the tincture of the field being seen in the vacant space; -- said of a charge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vote \Vote\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Voted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Voting}.] [Cf. F. voter.] 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. The vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration of justice, and, indirectly, to encourage the crime. --L. Beecher. To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires a great amount of information. --F. W. Robertson. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Vadito, NM (CDP, FIPS 81520) Location: 36.19108 N, 105.67710 W Population (1990): 283 (119 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 87579 |