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SUFFRAGE, government(law)

suffrage (iou)



suffrage noun & verb. LME.
[Latin suffragium, partly through Old & mod. French suffrage.]
A. noun.
sing. & in pl. Prayers, esp. intercessory prayers; spec. prayers for the souls of the departed (esp. in do suffrage). arch. LME.
b. In pl. & (rare) sing. Liturgical intercessory petitions; esp. in the Book of Common Prayer, (a) the intercessory petitions pronounced by the priest in the Litany; (b) a series of petitions or versicles pronounced by the priest with the responses of the congregation. M16.
Help, support, assistance. Also, a person who helps. LME-E17.
A vote given by a member of a body, State, or society, in assent to a proposal or in favour of the election of a person; gen. a vote in support of or opinion in favour of some person or thing. M16.
b. A marked paper or other object used to indicate a vote given. rare. M16.
Approval, sanction, consent. Formerly also, an instance of this, an expression of approval. arch. L16.
The collective opinion or vote of a body of people; transf. consensus of opinion, common or general consent. L16.
R. Niebuhr The suffrage of the governed determines the policy of the state.
The support or assurance of evidence or testimony in favour of something. E17-E18.
The casting of a vote; election by voting. M17.
The right of voting in elections as a member of a particular group, citizen of a State, etc. Freq. with specifying word. Orig. US. L18.
adult suffrage, female suffrage, universal suffrage, women's suffrage, etc.
Arkansas Historical Quarterly The Democrats adopted resolutions opposing negro suffrage.
B. verb.
verb intrans. Vote for or against; agree with, give support to. E-M17.
verb trans. Elect by vote; give support to, side with. M17-M19.
suffrager noun (rare) a voter E17-E18.