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countervote

verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌvəʊt/ / /ˌkaʊntə(ɹ)ˈvəʊt/

noun

Etymology: From counter- + vote.

  1. A vote that goes against another.

verb

Etymology: From counter- + vote.

  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.