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essed in elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a ticket; as, a written vote. The freeman casting with unpurchased hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. Holmes.

One who votes; one who has a legal right to vote, or give his suffrage; an elector; a suffragist; as, as, an independent voter.

To vote in opposition ti; to balance or overcome by viting; to outvote. Dr. J. Scott.

or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city was devoted to the flames. No devoted thing that a man shall devote unto the Lord . . . shall be sold or redeemed. Lev. xxvii. 28.

Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout; as, a devoted admirer. -- De*vot"ed*ly, adv. -- De*vot"ed*ness, n.

One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot. While Father Le Blanc was very devout he was not a devotee. A. S. Hardy.

The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow. [R.] Bp. Hurd.

One who devotes; a worshiper.

Not devoted. [Obs.] Bentley. Clarendon.

To exceed in the number of votes given; to defeat by votes. South.

To outvote; to outnumber in votes given. [R.] Eikon Basilike.

An organ which produces both ova and spermatozoids; an hermaphrodite gland.

Devoted in person, or by one's own will. Hawthorne.

Self-devotion. [R.]

To reverse or annul by vote, as a former vote. [R.] Bp, Burnet.

A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.

A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.

assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause. On such a day, a holiday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children. Southey.

To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize. And the city shall be accursed. Josh. vi. 17. Thro' you, my life will be accurst. Tennyson.

Addicted; devoted. [Obs.]