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Definition of Outvoting
1. outvote [v] - See also: outvote
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outvoting
Literary usage of Outvoting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"... the Scottish lords of his party to counteract Argyll, and to keep Scotland
from interfering in England, by outvoting Argyll in the Scottish parliament. ..."
2. The North American Review by Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1891)
"... and outvoting our opponents in city affairs, as we do in State and national
elections, we appeal to men who pay no tax in our cities and could have no ..."
3. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1913)
"... the house of lords, if the new king, following the example of Anne, created
a number of peers for the mere purpose of outvoting them. ..."
4. The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life by John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1851)
"... and naval power of Holland, but the influence of the landed gentlemen in the
inland provinces, overbearing and outvoting the maritime provinces ? ..."
5. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"... that by it the possibility was removed of the town population outvoting the
country tribes in the popular assemblies, and so governing the whole state. ..."
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