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ˈvoted, ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ed1.] †1. Vowed, devoted. Obs. rare.
1586Warner Alb. Eng. i. ii, His wife and Sister..with Vesta seeke to shunne The voted fathers deadly doome. 1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. xii. (1626) 244 Of a voted Hart The Antlers from a pine he puls. 2. Established or assigned by vote.
1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 33 More gently brooking writt'n exceptions against a voted Order, then other Courts. 1884Pall Mall G. 25 April 10 The right hon. gentleman estimated the expenditure..for the voted services {pstlg}54,188,000. |