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Definition of Outvote
1. Verb. Defeat by a majority of votes. "The Democrats outvoted the Republicans"
Definition of Outvote
1. v. t. To exceed in the number of votes given; to defeat by votes.
Definition of Outvote
1. Verb. To cast more votes than another ¹
2. Verb. To defeat another by obtaining more votes ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outvote
1. to defeat by a majority of votes [v -VOTED, -VOTING, -VOTES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outvote
Literary usage of Outvote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Political Debates Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in the by Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas, George Haven Putnam (1912)
"... and make the people be governed in their votes by geographical lines, thinking
that the North, being the stronger section, would outvote the South, ..."
2. A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831 to 1847 by Thomas Raikes (1857)
"At times, however, they will by numbers outvote him in the Council, and certainly
do not show that respect for his wishes in many things that is due to him ..."
3. The Cabinet History of England, Civil, Military and Ecclesiastical: From the by Charles MacFarlane (1851)
"... Shall the Tiers Etat have power to outvote the other two orders or .not?
As the notables thus reassembled consisted of princes of the blood, ..."
4. Committee on Woman Suffrage (1914)
"Then if we convert all of you gentlemen, every one of you, the rest of the
committee could outvote you ? Mrs. HEPBURN. Then you will have to work very hard ..."
5. A Theology for the Social Gospel by Walter Rauschenbusch (1917)
"One crafty person who has a hundred shares can outvote ninety-nine righteous men
who have a share apiece, and a small minority can outvote all the rest if ..."
6. The Story of the Great War ...: History of the European War from Official by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1920)
"The British Empire, united in interest with Italy and Japan, would outvote America
in the League. The whole project, he believed, would sterilize the ..."
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