countervote

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.

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.